When
you fill out the Health Section in TurboTax, if you select that
insurance was unaffordable, TurboTax will fill out a Form 8965, Health
Coverage Exemptions, for your return.
This exemption may be claimed directly on your tax return and does not
require an exemption certificate from the Marketplace.
On the Did you have a situation that
waives the tax penalty for being uninsured? screen
Scroll down to Couldn’t afford insurance, and make your selection.
Click here for IRS information on health insurance
exemptions
If the lowest priced plan through your
job that covered just you and would cost you more than 8.16% of your
household income, then it was considered unaffordable. If you don't
take the insurance, you would qualify for an exemption from the no-coverage
penalty.