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Affordable Care Act:

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Table of Contents

Introduction ..................................................................3 Affordable Care Act Overview ...................................................4

Individual Shared Responsibility Provision

.5

Premium Tax Credit and Advance Payments

.9 U S

Citizens Living Abroad

.15 Summary ...................................................................16

Glossary

.17 AFFORDABALE CARE ACT: WHAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY NEED TO KNOW 3

Introduction

This publication covers some of the tax provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It provides information about

the individual shared responsibility and the premium tax credit. A glossary is included to help taxpayers understand

some terms related to the health care law.

What"s New?

Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed December 22, 2017, the amount of the indivi dual shared responsibility payment is reduced to zero for months beginning after December 31, 2018. Beginning in tax year 2019 and beyond, Forms 1040 and 1040-SR will not h ave the "full-year health care coverage or exempt" box and Form 8965, Health Coverage Exemptions, will no longer be used. You need not make a shared responsibility payment or ?le Form 8965, Health Coverage Exemptions, w ith your tax return if you don't have minimum essential coverage for part or all of the year. Reminder from the IRS: If you need health coverage, visit

HealthCare.gov

to learn about health insurance options

that are available for you and your family, how to purchase health insurance, and how you might qualify to get

?nancial assistance with the cost of insurance. Taxpayers who enrolled in coverage through the Health Insurance Marketpla ce during the calendar year and who

received the benefit of advance payments of the premium tax credit (advance credit payments or APTC) must file

a tax return and reconcile any advance credit payments made on their behalf with the premium tax credit they are

allowed. . f you, your spouse if filing jointly, or a dependent received advance payments of the premium tax credit

through the Health Insurance Marketplace, you must complete Form 8962, Premium Tax Credit. . Filing your return

without Form 8962 will delay your refund and may affect future advance credit payments. .

What forms may be used to prepare the return?

Form 1095-A, Health Insurance Marketplace Statement

Form 1095-B, Health Coverage

Form 1095-C, Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer & Coverage

Form 8962, Premium Tax Credit, & Instructions

Form 8965

Health Coverage Exemptions & Instructions, will not be available beginn ing in tax year 2019 and beyond.

You need not make a shared responsibility payment or ?le Form 8965 with your tax return if you don't have minimum

essential coverage for part or all of the year.

Taxpayers, tax professionals, and volunteer preparers should consider preparing and ?ling tax returns electronically.

Using tax preparation software is an easy way to ?le a complete and accurate tax return as it does the math and

completes the appropriate forms based on information provided by the taxpayer. Visit

IRS.gov

for information

about electronic ?ling options, including IRS Free File. The IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and the Tax

Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs offer free tax help and e-?le for taxpayers who qualify.

Learn More About

Free Tax Return Preparation

What publications may be useful?

Publication 17, Your Federal Income Tax (For Individuals)

Publication 974, Premium Tax Credit

The

IRS resource page

on

IRS.gov/aca

is updated as new information is available. AFFORDABALE CARE ACT: WHAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY NEED TO KNOW 4

Affordable Care Act Overview

What is the Affordable Care Act?

Under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government, state governments, insurers, employers, and

individuals share responsibility for improving the quality and availability of health insurance coverage in the

United States.

The ACA created the Health Insurance Marketplace, also known as the Marketplace. A t the Marketplace, which may be a State-based or Federally-facilitated Marketplace, taxpaye rs can find information about

health insurance options, enroll in qualified health plans and, if eligible, obtain help paying premiums and

out-of-pocket costs. A taxpayer is allowed a premium tax credit only if the taxpayer, the taxpayer"s spouse if

filing a joint return or a member of the taxpayer"s family whom the taxpayer claims as a dependent enrolled

in a qualified health plan through a Marketplace. This credit helps eligible taxpayers pay for coverage.

The ACA also includes the individual shared responsibility provision, which requires individuals to have

qualifying health care coverage for each month of the year, qualify for a coverage exemption, or make a

shared responsibility payment when filing their federal income tax returns. Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,

passed December 22, 2017, the amount of the individual shared responsibility payment is reduced to zero

for months beginning after December 31, 2018.

For purposes of the ACA, qualifying health care coverage is also called minimum essential coverage. Most

taxpayers already had minimum essential coverage prior to the start of the year and o nly had to maintain that coverage during the entire year. Prior to tax year 2019, taxpayers and their dependents who had

minimum essential coverage for each month of the year,simply checked a box on Form 1040 indicating that

coverage when they filed.

Some taxpayers are exempt under the individual shared responsibility provision and, prior to tax year 2019,

would have filed Form 8965, Health Care Exemptions, to claim a coverage exemption. Beginning in tax year

2019 and beyond, Forms 1040 and 1040-SR will not have the “full-year

health care coverage or exempt" box and Form 8965, Health Coverage Exemptions, will no longer be used as the shared responsibility payment is reduced to zero. You need not make a shared responsibility payment or file Form 8965, Health Coverage Exemptions, w ith your tax return if you don"t have minimum essential coverage for part or all of the year. AFFORDABALE CARE ACT: WHAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY NEED TO KNOW 5

Individual Shared Responsibility Provision

What is the individual shared responsibility provision?

For each month of the year, the individual shared responsibility provision calls for individuals to have qualifying health

care coverage also called minimum essential coverage Individuals are treated as having minimum essential coverage for the month as long as the individuals are enrolled

in and entitled to receive benefits under a plan or program identified as minimum essential coverage for at least one

day during that month.

Who must have health care coverage?

In general, all U.S. taxpayers are subject to the individual shared responsibility provision. Under the provision, a

taxpayer must ensure that every nonexempt member of the tax household (that is, the taxpay er himself or herself, and for any individual the taxpayer could claim as a dependent for feder al income tax purposes have minimum

essential coverage). Thus, children must have minimum essential coverage or qualify for a coverage exempt

ion for each month in the year. Senior citizens must also have minimum essential coverage for each month in the year. Both Medicare Part A and

Medicare Part C (also known as Medicare Advantage) are minimum essential coverage. After Dec. 31, 2018, the

shared responsibility payment is reduced to zero. Taxpayers age 65 or older will have the option to use new Form

1040-SR, U.S. Tax Return for Seniors, when they file their federal income tax return.

Beginning in tax year 2019 and beyond, Forms 1040 and Form 1040-SR will not have the “full-year health care coverage or exempt" box and Form 8965, Health Coverage Exemptions, wi ll no longer be used as the shared responsibility payment is reduced to zero. You need not make a shared responsibility payment or file Form 8965, Health Coverage Exemptions, w ith your tax return if you don"t have minimum essential coverage for part or all of the year.

All U.S. citizens are subject to the individual shared responsibility provision, as are all non-U.S. citizens who are in

the U.S. long enough during a calendar year to qualify as resident aliens for federal income tax purposes. Foreign

nationals who live in the U.S. for a short enough period that they do no t become resident aliens for tax purposes

are exempt from the individual shared responsibility provision even though they may have to file a U.S. income tax

return. In addition, all bona fide residents of U.S. territories are exempt from the individual shared responsibility

provision.

What is minimum essential coverage?

Under the ACA, minimum essential coverage is a health care plan or arrangement specifically identified in the law as

minimum essential coverage, including: Specified government-sponsored programs (for example, Medicare Part A, Medicare Advantage, most Medicaid programs, CHIP, most TRICARE programs, and comprehensive health care coverage of veterans) Employer-sponsored coverage under a group health plan (including self-insured plans)

Individual market coverage (for example, a qualified health plan purchased through the Marketplace or

individual health coverage purchased directly from an insurance company)

Grandfathered health plans (in general, certain plans that existed before the ACA and have not changed since

the ACA was passed)

Other plans or programs that the Department of Health and Human Services recognizes as minimum essential

coverage for purposes of the ACA

IRS.gov/aca has a

page that shows these and other types of coverage that qualify as minimum es sential coverage and some that do not. AFFORDABALE CARE ACT: WHAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY NEED TO KNOW 6 Will taxpayers report minimum essential coverage when they le? Beginning in tax year 2019 and beyond, Forms 1040 and 1040-SR will not h ave the "Full-year health care coverage or exempt" box and you will no longer report health care coverage when you ?le.

See prior year

Form 8965 Instructions

on

IRS.gov

for more information about minimum essential coverage, types of

coverage exemptions and the shared responsibility payment. If taxpayers owe a shared responsibility payment (SRP)

for tax years before 2019, the IRS may offset that liability with any tax refund that may be due to them.

AFFORDABALE CARE ACT: WHAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY NEED TO KNOW 7 How will taxpayers claim coverage exemptions with the IRS? Beginning in tax year 2019 and beyond, Forms 1040 and 1040-SR will not h ave the “Full-year health care coverage or exempt" box and Form 8965, Health Coverage Exemptions, will no lon ger be available. Because the shared

responsibility payment for 2019 and subsequent years is reduced to zero, taxpayers need not afrmatively claim

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