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QSE-HRA employee count for eligible employers

How to calculate QSE-HRA employee count for eligible employers

How to calculate QSE-HRA employee count for eligible employers

From the article, When is an employer eligible for a QSE-HRA?

FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES

Add together the number of full-time employees (working 130+ hours) for the month.

PART-TIME (FTE) EMPLOYEES

List the hours worked for each part-time (less than 130 hours) employee in the month. Count no more than 120 hours per employee (see example, below).

Add all hours; divide by 120. This is your number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees for the month.

qse-monthly-demo

TOTAL MONTH’S EMPLOYEES

Add the total FT and FTE employees. This is the month’s total employees.

ANNUAL EMPLOYEES

Add each month’s total employees and divide that total by 12. This is the total employees for that year.

qse-annual-demo

Download the spreadsheet

You may download the spreadsheet shown in these examples. Just click on the link(s) below:

QSE-HRA Employee Number Calculator for 2018

QSE-HRA Employee Number Calculator for 2019