topic Spouse & child stayed in US for less than 180 days in 2018. They had health coverage for 5 months they stayed in US. If I select 5 months it shows penalty.How to avoid it in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

Spouse & child stayed in US for less than 180 days in 2018. They had health coverage for 5 months they stayed in US. If I select 5 months it shows penalty.How to avoid it

prasad-chandra86 — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 22:50:29 GMT

LinaJ2018 — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 22:50:30 GMT

You might be able to waive the partial penalty.

On the screen "Do you have a tax situation that waives the tax penalty?", select "Not a legal US resident". See the attached screenshot.
Next screen, "Which months are you not a legal resident?" check the boxes.