2018 Tax Health Insurance Form
Attach to form 1040.
2018 tax health insurance form. 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. Depending on your sit. As taxpayers are completing their 2018 tax returns this year they must complete the lines related to health care. Individual income tax return pdf and form 1040 instructions pdf.
Report full year health coverage. Learn more about the penalty for not having coverage. January 2020 additional income and adjustments to income. For tax year 2018 the irs will not consider a return complete and accurate if individuals do not do one of the following on their return.
Claim a coverage exemption. Form 1095 a how to reconcile find and use form 1095 a. Health insurance marketplaces furnish form 1095 a to. Did more than one situation apply at different times or for different family members.
Reconcile your premium tax credit for 2019. If you had marketplace coverage but didn t take advance payments of the premium tax credit. 2019 health coverage your federal taxes. If your household income or your gross income is less than your filing threshold you can check the full year health care coverage or exempt box on form 1040.
If you did not have health coverage in 2018 and don t qualify for a health coverage exemption you may have to pay a penalty when you file your federal tax return. Form 8962 premium tax credit if you had marketplace insurance and used premium tax credits to lower your monthly payment you must file this health insurance tax form with your federal income tax return. Form 1095 a is used to report certain information to the irs about individuals who enroll in a qualified health plan through the marketplace. Tion that didn t cover every month of 2018 on your tax return complete part iii of form 8965.
Information about form 1095 a health insurance marketplace statement including recent updates related forms and instructions on how to file. You don t need to file form 8965. The move announced last month reverses course from this year when the irs said it would not require filers to indicate on 1040 tax forms whether they had health insurance. Beginning in tax year 2019 form 1040 will not have the full year health care coverage or exempt box and form 8965 health coverage exemptions will no longer be used.
Choose your 2019 health coverage status for step by step directions tax forms. You ll use information from your 1095 a to fill out form 8962 premium tax credit pdf. This is how you ll reconcile find out if there s any difference between the premium tax credit you used and the amount you qualify for. The internal revenue service won t process individual tax returns in 2018 unless taxpayers indicate whether they have health insurance coverage or an exemption.
You ll use this form to reconcile to find out if you used more or less premium tax credit than you qualify for.