Virginia State Tax Return Health Care Coverage Information Request

[user17712241555]

Turbo Tax 2025 is requiring that I supply contact information for Health Care Coverage Information on my Virginia State Tax return which I do not want to request and that the State of Virginia does not require.   It does not include a question asking if I want to request the information and it would not complete my state tax return e-file unless I supply contact information from either Medicaid or the Health Care Exchange or both.  The only way around answering the question is to file my Virginia return by mail.  This was also the case last tax year.  

Has anyone else run into this problem?

[BillM223]

Are you using the TurboTax Online product? I don't see this question on the TurboTax Desktop/Windows product, although there is a very similar "Health Care Coverage Information Consent". This indicates that you consent to the tax authority in Virginia to share your private data with other Virginia agencies.

Is this latter thing the request you are referring to?

[user17712241555]

Hi, thanks for responding.  I used the online version this year but used the download last year and the same thing occurred.  I've already submitted the return so I can't return to the actual question, but it asks for contact information and requires you to check either Medicaid or Health Insurance Exchange indicating you want information on at least one of the programs.  It would not let me past that question unless I checked at least one box and my email address was already pre filled. There is no direct question asking if you want the information or not.

I needed to go ahead and file so I checked one box just so I could go on.

This is how it shows up on the final return.

Health Care Coverage Contact Information
Preferred Method of Contact
Email Email Address
Phone Daytime Number
Spouse’s Email Email Address
Mail Address, if different from 760

Last year when the same thing happened and I received correspondence from both programs indicating that I had requested info on the programs when I did not want information.  

Prior to last year there was a question asking if you had health insurance and as long as you said you had insurance no further information was requested.  Beginning last tax year the question I asked about appeared and required you request info from at least one state program.

Thanks

[user17712241555]

Just an addition to my previous response I looked at the paper version of the state tax form and it has a box to check at the top allowing information to be shared with the State health programs.  The instructions for the form indicate that individuals can voluntarily consent to sharing the contact information but the turbo tax version is requiring that you provide the information.