Previously on DOMA, same-sex couples are not beneficial for the tax-free health for their national partners. In 07, the Center for American Progress and the Williams Institute of UCLA reported that employees with same-sex partners paid $ 1,000 more in taxes every year than married couples.
Now, more than 100,000 same-sex couples who are legally married and living in one of the 12 states or the District of Columbia, where gay marriage is legal will receive a tax-free coverage sponsored by employer health, family and sick leave, tax credits Internal Revenue Service and survivors' benefits. Those who live in one of 38 other states will likely receive fewer benefits.
Although this change will undoubtedly be well received by the persons concerned, it will certainly test the employers. Benefits experts do not expect a drastic increase in benefit costs employers; However, large companies operating in several states will keep track of who lives in what jurisdiction.
Earlier this year, nearly 300 US employers, large and small, signed an amicus brief against DOMA, arguing that the treatment of same-sex couples differently hurt recruitment efforts, as well that the employer-employee relationship. According to the Coalition of Human Rights, a group that advocates for gay rights, 62 percent of Fortune 500 companies have chosen to offer health benefits domestic partners regardless of the federal position.
Before employers begin to make changes to their benefit plan, experts say that the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Health and Human Services will issue clarifications.
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