HCTT-2014-13: Find out if You Qualify for a Health Insurance Coverage Exemption
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Issue Number: HCTT-2014-13Inside This IssueFind out if You Qualify for a Health Insurance Coverage Exemption The Affordable Care Act calls for individuals to have qualifying health insurance coverage for each month of the year, have an exemption, or make a shared responsibility payment when filing his or her federal income tax return. You may be exempt from the requirement to maintain qualifying health insurance coverage, called minimum essential coverage, and may not have to make a shared responsibility payment when you file your next federal income tax return. . You may be exempt if you:
The IRS website, IRS.gov/aca, has a comprehensive list of the coverage exemptions. How you get an exemption depends upon the type of exemption. You can obtain some exemptions only from the Marketplace in the area where you live, others only from the IRS, and yet others from either the Marketplace or the IRS. Additional information about exemptions is available on the Individual Shared Responsibility Provision web page on IRS.gov. The page includes a link to a chart that shows the types of exemptions available and whether they must be granted by the Marketplace, claimed on an income tax return filed with the IRS, or by either the Marketplace or the IRS. For additional information about how to get exemptions that may be granted by the Marketplace, visit HealthCare.gov/exemptions. More Information Find out more about the tax-related provisions of the health care law at IRS.gov/aca. Find out more about the health care law at HealthCare.gov. Subscribe to IRS Tax Tips to get easy-to-read tips via e-mail from the IRS. Thank you for subscribing to IRS Tax Tips, an IRS e-mail service. For more information on federal taxes please visit IRS.gov. This message was distributed automatically from the IRS Tax Tips mailing list. Please Do Not Reply To This Message. |