You qualify for the exemption for CA.
Exemptions processed by FTB and Covered California
Exemptions Claimed on State Tax Return
- Income is below the tax filing threshold
- Health coverage is considered unaffordable (exceeded 8.24% of household income for the 2020 taxable year)
- Families’ self-only coverage combined cost is unaffordable
- Short coverage gap of 3 consecutive months or less
- Certain non-citizens who are not lawfully present
- Certain citizens living abroad/residents of another state or U.S. territory
- Members of health care sharing ministry
- Members of federally-recognized Indian tribes including Alaskan Natives
- Incarceration (other than incarceration pending the disposition of charges)
- Enrolled in limited or restricted-scope Medi-Cal or other coverage from the California Department of Health Care Services
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