Premium Tax Credit Form 8962
Important Update – You will no longer pay a penalty on your 2019 return if you did not have health insurance in 2019. You are no longer required to report your health insurance on your return UNLESS you or a family member were enrolled in health insurance through the Marketplace and advance payments of the Premium Tax Credit were made to your insurance company to reduce your monthly premium payment.
This page will specifically cover the Form 8962, which is used for the Premium Tax Credit (PTC). The PTC is a refundable tax credit that can be claimed by eligible persons and families with low to moderate incomes (between 100% and 400% of the federal poverty line) to help individuals afford health insurance purchased through the Health Insurance Marketplace (or the Exchange) at HealthCare.gov. When you prepare and efile your tax return on eFile.com, we will calculate and report your Premium Tax Credit amount on your tax return, as well as reconcile the advance credit payments made on your behalf with the actual premium tax credit amount.
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You can qualify for the credit if you meet all of the following requirements:
You are not eligible for the credit if you enroll in an employer-sponsored health insurance plan (including retiree coverage), even if the plan is unaffordable or fails to provide minimum value.
Income Values Under the Federal Poverty Line
Individuals and families whose household income is between 100 and 400% of the federal poverty line for their family size are generally eligible for the credit. The federal poverty guidelines are established each year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Below are the 2019 income values that fall between the 100 and 400% federal poverty line (for residents of one of the 48 contiguous states or Washington D.C.). You can use these values for your 2019 tax return:
Unfortunately, you will not qualify for the credit if you are also eligible for coverage through your state’s Medicaid program that is above the federal poverty line levels.
For the purposes of qualifying for the Premium Tax Credit, it is your Modified Adjusted Gross Income (or MAGI) plus the AGI of every other individual in your family who can claim a personal exemption and is required to file a tax return. Modified AGI is your AGI plus any excluded foreign, nontaxable Social Security benefits (including Tier 1 Railroad Retirement benefits) and tax-exempt interest received or accrued during the Tax Year. However, it does not include Supplemental Security income (SSI).
Married Filing Separately Status
Generally, you cannot use the Married Filing Separately filing status and claim the Premium Tax Credit on your tax return. However, there is an exception for taxpayers who are victims of domestic violence and spousal abandonment; they can claim the relief from the Married Filing Jointly filing status requirement for no more than three consecutive years).
According to the IRS, a married taxpayer who lives apart from his or her spouse for the last six months is considered unmarried for the entire year if he or she meets the following requirements:
The Marketplace will use the information you provide to them about your family and household income to estimate to credit amount you can claim on your tax return. You can use that estimate to decide if you want to have all, some, or none of your credit to be paid directly to your insurance company in advance so the credit can be applied to your monthly premiums.
If you want to have some or all of your credit paid in advance, you will be required to report on your tax return the difference between the amount of advance payments that the government sent on your behalf and the premium tax credit that you may claim based on your family size and household income.
However, if you do not want to have any of your credit paid in advance, you can claim the entire credit on your tax return, which will either increase your refund or lower the amount of taxes you owe.
The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) bases your credit amount on an income scale. Households and individuals with lower incomes get a larger credit, while those with higher incomes receive a smaller credit.
Since the premium tax credit is also refundable, you will receive the difference of the credit amount and your tax liability if your credit amount is more than your tax liability. If you don’t owe any taxes, you can get the full amount of the credit as a refund. However, if you receive advance payments of the credit, you will need to reconcile the payment with the actual premium tax credit amount (which is calculated by eFile.com on your tax return).
If the credit on your return is less than your advance credit payments, the difference of the two values will either be added to your balance due or subtracted from your refund. However, if the credit is more than your advance credit payments, the difference will subtracted from your balance due or added to your refund.
You can claim the credit in one of the following ways:
The Marketplace will send you Form 1095-A, Health Insurance Marketplace Statement, showing your premium amounts and your advance credit payments by January 31 of the year following the year of coverage. For the 2019 Tax Year, you should receive your 2019 coverage statement by January 31, 2020. You can use the information from the statement to enter it into your eFile.com account and your premium tax credit will be calculated on your 2019 tax return, and the advance credit payments made on your behalf will be reconciled with the actual premium tax credit amount.
Family Situation Changes
You will need to report any changes to the Marketplace to make sure you get the correct advance payment amount. Report any life-changing events to the Marketplace, including:
Please be aware that these changes may allow you to apply for insurance through the Marketplace during its special enrollment period that permits health care plan changes after the original enrollment deadline. Generally, the special enrollment period is open for 60 days from the date of the life event.
For Tax Year 2019 (coverage in 2019), the deadline to report changes to the Marketplace is February 15, 2020. You should be reporting any income and household changes to the Marketplace all year 2019 for your 2019 return, and all year 2020 for your 2020 return.
The IRS requires you to file a tax return so you can continue qualifying for advance tax payments on your health insurance from the Marketplace. If you choose to file a tax return without Form 8962, the IRS may send you a letter asking you to send them your Premium Tax Credit information. This may increase the processing time for your tax return (including your refund if you’re expecting one) To prevent this, prepare and efile your tax return on eFile.com since the app will determine the right forms for you to complete and file based on your answers to a few simple tax questions.
To find and add Form 8962 to your return, click Federal Taxes/HealthCare on the left side of your account screen, then answer Yes for having health insurance for the entire year and Yes for having insurance through the Marketplace. Once you do this, we will recommend that you add and complete Form 1095-A. After you complete your return, we will generate Form 8962 for you based on the information you enter on Form 1095-A. The form will be efiled along with your completed tax return and submitted to the IRS, so there’s no need for you to mail the form to the IRS.
Be aware that you need to report taxable income on in order to complete and efile a tax return. If you have no income, you can enter $1 as your income during the efile process. We will then will direct you to the correct form based on the information you provide.
For further assistance with the Premium Tax Credit, contact eFile.com support and we’ll help you file your return so you can fulfill the IRS requirement and claim the advance tax payments.
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