I imported 1095-a form. I had insurance Jan-May through healthcare.gov. I get "Amount's in a row cannot be all 0's." in box A for Jun-Dec, but they are $0. What do I do?

[mahusu]

I had insurance through HealthCare.gov between January and May. My 1095a rightfully so shows $0 for each row for the A, B, and C boxes. The system gives me an error "Amount's in a row cannot be all 0's" for box A " Monthly Premium Amount" for each row for Jun-Dec. I mean i didnt have coverage therefor they are $0. I am not able to leave it blank, I cannot delete those rows. What do I do?

[AnthonyC]

When you have all zero's in a row (i.e. no amounts) - you need to leave the boxes blank instead of entering the zeros.  You should be able to leave it blank once you delete ALL the zeros (you might still get an error when you only remove one zero from the row).  

If you still aren't unable to leave it blank, then it might be an issue with the import that's forcing the zeros to remain.  You should note the numbers from your import and then delete the form (if you go back into the health insurance section you should see a trash can icon or delete button next to your Form 1095A) and re-enter manually instead of importing, leaving off all the zeros.

[mahusu]

No it does not allow blank or 0. I also deleted the imported document to enter the info manually. The design of the code is that way. It is a required field in your data verification in the code. It won't let you pass by it. It is by design and i think the scenario where a person doesnt have a whole year coverage was not thought. It could be related to the previous question as well. In there it asks did you have any of these coverages last year. While designing the code they might have thought that meant a whole year. The thing is people switch insurance plans midyear based on life events outside of annual enrollment.

[AnthonyC]

It wouldn't let you leave every column (A, B, and C) blank for each month without coverage?  Just want to make sure you tried this because this has worked for others I have given this same instruction to and its worked for me when I replicated the situation.  I am adding a screenshot to my answer above of how the Form 1095-A should look and there are no errors when I continue.

The program doesn't need the zeroes to calculate correctly, so you don't need to add them.  But, you will get an error if you put a 0 in even one column and leave the rest blank.  Can you add a new screenshot to your question (or post a new answer to this question with the screenshot) that shows how you entered it blank with the error you are getting?