Should the 1095-A C. Premium Tax Credit be the same as 3895 C. Premium Assistance Subsidy?

[Vey]

Hey Everyone, 

My 1095-A has an amount for the Premium Tax Credit, so everything went smoothly on the Federal Return. 

Now I'm trying to finish the State Return and hit a snag: my 3895 has zeros for the Premium Assistance Subsidy. The program won't let me continue. It keeps sighting this as an error. The Covered CA site says sometimes there are zeros in these spaces, but that comment addresses both forms and for a situation other than my own.

Does anyone know if these section C's are supposed to be the same? Or why I would be receiving an error message?

Thank you!

I think I'm using the Delux online version because it said I had to, but idk where to check that.

[JulieS]

No, the Premium Tax Credit is a federal tax credit based on your income, family size and the cost of insurance in your state. 

The Premium Assistance Subsidy is the amount the state of California paid to make your insurance more affordable. So, no, do not enter those numbers instead of zero.

Any field in this section that shows a zero, should be left blank. That will clear up your errors. 

[Vey]

Thank you for explaining those differences so clearly! First year with either of these forms. Glad to know they’re correct!

I was leaving those fields blank when I got

the error messages. The errors are specifically noting fields in column C for months/rows where I qualified for coverage/have $ amounts in columns A and B. Try 0 in these fields? See if that works?

For reference I should note: On months were I didn’t qualify for coverage, that also have 0s in all columns on the 3895: I left these fields blank. No error messages occurred.