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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
When you fill out the Health Section in TurboTax, if you select that insurance was unaffordable, TurboTax will fill out a Form 8965, Health Coverage Exemptions, for your return. This exemption may be claimed directly on your tax return and does not require an exemption certificate from the Marketplace.
On the Did you have a situation that waives the tax penalty for being uninsured? screen
Scroll down to Couldn’t afford insurance, and make your selection.
Click here for IRS information on health insurance exemptions
If the lowest priced plan through your job that covered just you and would cost you more than 8.16% of your household income, then it was considered unaffordable. If you don't take the insurance, you would qualify for an exemption from the no-coverage penalty.
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