topic So when filling through turbo tax i selected that none of us were covered at all this year. It then said due to my situation the panalty fee was waived. Why ? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/so-when-filling-through-turbo-tax-i-selected-that-none-of-us-were-covered-at-all-this-year-it-then/01/168490#M68633 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 14:50:53 GMT trisha-derosier- 2019-06-01T14:50:53Z So when filling through turbo tax i selected that none of us were covered at all this year. It then said due to my situation the panalty fee was waived. Why ? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/so-when-filling-through-turbo-tax-i-selected-that-none-of-us-were-covered-at-all-this-year-it-then/01/168490#M68633 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 14:50:53 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/so-when-filling-through-turbo-tax-i-selected-that-none-of-us-were-covered-at-all-this-year-it-then/01/168490#M68633 trisha-derosier- 2019-06-01T14:50:53Z Here are the reasons your penalty could have been waived:... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/here-are-the-reasons-your-penalty-could-have-been-waived/01/168496#M68634 <P>Here are the reasons your penalty could have been waived:</P><UL> <LI> <STRONG>Coverage is considered unaffordable</STRONG> &nbsp; &nbsp;</LI> <LI> <STRONG>Short coverage gap</STRONG> &nbsp;</LI> <LI> <B>Income below the return filing threshold</B>&nbsp;</LI> <LI><STRONG>Citizens living abroad and certain noncitizens&nbsp;</STRONG></LI> <LI><STRONG>Aggregate self-only coverage considered unaffordable&nbsp;</STRONG></LI> <LI><STRONG>Resident of a state that did not expand Medicaid </STRONG></LI> <LI>States that did not expand Medicaid for all of <B>2017</B>: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas,&nbsp; Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.)</LI> <LI><STRONG>Members of a health care sharing ministry</STRONG></LI> <LI><STRONG>Members of Indian Tribes&nbsp;</STRONG></LI> <LI><STRONG>Incarceration</STRONG></LI> </UL><P>You can see the full text here:</P><P> <A href="https://www.irs.gov/affordable-care-act/individuals-and-families/aca-individual-shared-responsibility-provision-exemptions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Health Care Coverage Exemptions</A> <B></B> <I></I> <U></U> <BR /> </P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 14:50:55 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/here-are-the-reasons-your-penalty-could-have-been-waived/01/168496#M68634 CherylW 2019-06-01T14:50:55Z