{"id":2439,"date":"2025-12-31T10:20:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/?p=2439"},"modified":"2025-12-31T10:17:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:17:31","slug":"irs-extends-transition-period-for-pfml","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/irs-extends-transition-period-for-pfml\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS Extends Transition Period for PFML"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that it extended the grace period for states and employers to report tax information about benefits paid through a state\u2019s paid family and medical leave program. For 2026, states and employers will not have to comply with tax and income reporting obligations related to those benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The grace period does not apply to employer \u201cpick-up\u201d contributions, when an employer voluntarily pays an employee\u2019s required PFML contribution. Those amounts still must be considered wages and reported on Form W-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, and Washington, DC, have mandatory paid family and medical leave programs. In some states, the benefit payments have not started yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ogletree Deakins:<\/em>
IRS Delays Enforcement of PFML Tax Rules<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IRS:<\/em>
Extension of Transition Period to Calendar Year 2026 for Certain Requirements in Revenue Ruling 2025-4<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that it extended the grace period for states and employers to report tax information about benefits paid through a state\u2019s paid family and medical leave program. For 2026, states and employers will not have to comply with tax and income reporting obligations related to those benefits. The grace […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1003,"featured_media":1801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"common","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","header_top_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[330,82,115],"class_list":["post-2439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal","tag-grace-period","tag-irs","tag-pfml"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t