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Last Updated: 2025-07-25
Reference: Benefit Deduction End Date Rules

Reference: Benefit Deduction End Date Rules

The coverage end date can impact the deduction end date in event rules that terminate benefit coverage and deductions. The rule for the deduction end date determines the pay period in which the deduction ends. This rule can reference the coverage end date.
Example: Betty Liu creates enrollment event rules using the coverage end and deduction end date. She uses these dates and rules:
Dates:
  • Event Date: 7/16
  • Pay Periods and Pay Dates:
    • Period: 6/27 - 7/10    Pay Date: 7/15
    • Period: 7/11 - 7/26    Pay Date: 8/1
    • Period: 7/27 - 8/10    Pay Date: 8/15
    • Period: 8/11 - 8/27    Pay Date: 9/1
Rules:
  • Coverage End Date rule:
    On Event Date
    .
  • Deduction End Date rule:
    End of the Month Containing Event Date
    .
The deduction end date uses the end of the month in which the event date occurs. With the event date of 7/16, the deduction end date is 7/31 and falls in the next pay period. The pay date in which the deduction no longer occurs is 8/15.
This table displays the possible pay dates based on different rules for coverage end date and deduction end dates, where:
  • CED: Coverage End Date.
  • DED: Deduction End Date.
Deduction End Date Rules
Date
Coverage End Date Rules
Last Day of the Month
On Pay Period Begin After Event Date
On the Event Date
On the Half Month
Pay Period End on or After Event Date
End of the Month Containing Event Date
CED
7/31
7/27
7/16
7/31
8/15
DED
7/31
7/31
7/31
7/31
7/31
Pay Date
8/15
8/15
8/15
8/15
8/15
On Coverage End Date
CED
7/31
7/27
7/16
7/31
7/26
DED
7/31
7/27
7/16
7/31
7/26
Pay Date
8/15
8/15
8/1
8/15
8/1
On Event Date
CED
7/31
7/27
7/16
7/31
7/26
DED
7/16
7/16
7/16
7/16
7/16
Pay Date
8/1
8/1
8/1
8/1
8/1
Pay Period Before Coverage End Date
CED
7/31
7/27
7/16
7/31
7/26
DED
7/26
7/26
7/10
7/26
7/10
Pay Date
8/1
8/1
7/15
8/1
7/15
Pay Period Before Event Date
CED
7/31
7/27
7/16
7/31
7/26
DED
7/10
7/10
7/10
7/10
7/10
Pay Date
7/15
7/15
7/15
7/15
7/15
Pay Period Containing Coverage End Date
CED
7/31
7/27
7/16
7/31
7/26
DED
8/10
8/10
7/26
8/10
7/26
Pay Date
8/15
8/15
8/1
8/15
8/1
Pay Period Containing Event Date
CED
7/31
7/27
7/16
7/31
7/26
DED
7/26
7/26
7/26
7/26
7/26
Pay Date
8/1
8/1
8/1
8/1
8/1
Pay Period Following Coverage End Date
CED
7/31
7/27
7/16
7/31
7/26
DED
8/27
8/27
8/10
8/27
8/10
Pay Date
9/1
9/1
8/15
9/1
8/15
Pay Period Following Event Date
CED
7/31
7/27
7/16
7/31
7/26
DED
8/10
8/10
8/10
8/10
8/10
Pay Date
8/15
8/15
8/15
8/15
8/15