The IRS announced on February 15, 2017 that they will immediately begin accepting returns that do not include health insurance information. This action resulted from a recent executive order aimed at reducing the burden on taxpayers.
Keep in mind, this executive order to repeal the Affordable Care Act does not change the current ACA rules that are in place, and taxpayers are still required to follow current ACA law. You may receive follow-up questions and correspondence from the IRS if you file a return that doesn’t indicate your health coverage status and this could cause a delay in any refund.
If you have not entered anything in the Health Insurance area:
If you enter the Health Insurance tab it will not let you Continue without selecting something on the first page but you may manually bypass the health care section by simply clicking on another tab. When you get to the "File" section, you will not get an error and TurboTax will allow you to e-file. You must make a conscious decision to bypass, as the current laws haven't changed.
If you have already entered information in the health care section and now want to leave it blank, here is a Workaround: (TurboTax has already generated forms once anything has been selected.)
Workaround:
Note : The key is to select “None of us ever had it at any point” because the checkbox for Full-Year Coverage will not clear otherwise.
The IRS announced on February 15, 2017 that they will immediately begin accepting returns that do not include health insurance information. This action resulted from a recent executive order aimed at reducing the burden on taxpayers.
Keep in mind, this executive order to repeal the Affordable Care Act does not change the current ACA rules that are in place, and taxpayers are still required to follow current ACA law. You may receive follow-up questions and correspondence from the IRS if you file a return that doesn’t indicate your health coverage status and this could cause a delay in any refund.
If you have not entered anything in the Health Insurance area:
If you enter the Health Insurance tab it will not let you Continue without selecting something on the first page but you may manually bypass the health care section by simply clicking on another tab. When you get to the "File" section, you will not get an error and TurboTax will allow you to e-file. You must make a conscious decision to bypass, as the current laws haven't changed.
If you have already entered information in the health care section and now want to leave it blank, here is a Workaround: (TurboTax has already generated forms once anything has been selected.)
Workaround:
Note : The key is to select “None of us ever had it at any point” because the checkbox for Full-Year Coverage will not clear otherwise.
I am a US citizen living in Canada with my Canadian wife. I also pay taxes here and am covered under the medical system here. Do I need to show coverage when I am covered here in Canada.
@Unordo wrote:
I am a US citizen living in Canada with my Canadian wife. I also pay taxes here and am covered under the medical system here. Do I need to show coverage when I am covered here in Canada.
The requirement to prove health care insurance coverage on a US federal tax return was removed from the tax code after tax year 2017.