how are other post employment benefits taxed 
whether retirees must pay income taxes on their opeb depends on the type of benefit health insurance coverage is generally not taxable employer paid life insurance premiums may be partially taxable if the death benefit exceeds 50 000 4deferred compensation arrangements come in many different permutations in part depending on whether the employer is a for profit business or a government or not for profit entity either way the income from such an arrangement is generally taxed in the year that the retiree receives it 3most employers require that people who are 65 or older and eligible for retiree health benefits enroll in both medicare part a and part b according to the centers for medicare medicaid services 5