To enter your ECN, please follow the instructions below:
- Open your California return.
- Continue through the screens. When asked, Did you have health insurance coverage in 2024?, select either the second or third option, depending on your 2024 situation, and Continue.
- If you had insurance part of the year, select the months you had insurance for and Continue.
- On the Did you have a situation that waives the tax penalty for being uninsured? screen, scroll down to Applied for a penalty exemption, and select Got an exemption certificate number from the Marketplace or I haven't received one yet under Applied for a penalty exemption and Continue.
- On the Let's get your exemption certificate number (ECN) screen, select or enter the requested information and Continue.
- We'll submit this info with your tax return and the tax penalty will be waived for all months and people the ECNs apply to.
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