My return was rejected for not having form 8962. I don't need to file form 8862. The marketplace told me to attach a statement to my return about this. How do I do that?

[leeloo]

The IRS makes the rules, not the Marketplace. The IRS rejected your reurn because you need a Form 8962. Enter your 1095-A onto your return and Form 8962 will automatically generate. 

Use Form 8962 to figure the amount of your premium tax credit (PTC) and reconcile it with advance payment of the premium tax credit (APTC).

You may take the PTC (and APTC may be paid) only for health insurance coverage in a qualified health plan (defined later) purchased through a Health Insurance Marketplace (Marketplace, also known as an Exchange). As a result, you should complete Form 8962 only for health insurance coverage in a qualified health plan purchased through a Marketplace. This includes a qualified health plan purchased on HealthCare.gov or through a State Marketplace.

If you or a member of your family enrolled in health insurance coverage for 2022 through a Marketplace, you should have received Form 1095-A, Health Insurance Marketplace Statement, from the Marketplace. Form 1095-A shows the months of coverage purchased through the Marketplace and any APTC paid to your insurance company to help cover your monthly premium. If APTC was paid on your behalf, or if APTC was not paid on your behalf but you wish to take the PTC, you must file Form 8962 and attach it to your tax return 

https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i8962

[JohnB5677]

If you're being rejected for a missing 8962 or incomplete 1095-A it is because the IRS thinks you or someone on your return had a Marketplace health policy.

First confirm that you, or any others listed on your return were not covered by a Marketplace policy. You may be able to find a 1095-A form by signing in to your healthcare.gov account and downloading it.  

Once you're confident that you did not get a 1095-A, you can try to delete the form.

To delete a Form in the Online version:

1. On the menu bar on the left that shows.
   1. My Info
   2. Federal
   3. State
   4. Review
   5. File
2. Select Tax Tools
3. On the drop-down select Tools
4. On the Pop-Up menu select Delete a Form
5. This will give you all of the forms in your return.
6. Scroll down to Form 1095-A
7. Select the Form
8. Click on Delete.
9. Always use extreme caution when deleting information from your tax return.  There could be unintended consequences.

If this didn’t work, go into your return, and make sure that you checked that you didn’t get a 1095-A.

• Start with Federal Taxes 
• Click on Deductions and Credits
• Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown)
• Scroll down to Medical.
• On the Affordable Care Act (Form 1095-A), click the start or update button.
• Indicate that you did not get a 1095-A

Finally, if all else fails:

You can try to enter $1 on the 1095-A.  This will not affect anything on your return, but having the form there may get the IRS to accept your return.  To do this take the following steps: 

• Use the same steps above, but indicate that you did get a 1095-A
• Post $1 for January. This will not change your tax return.