Do I have to click married in 2023 on 1095-a form, if my wife did not have health insurance in 2023? We did get married in 2023, but it is taking my return down.

[aaronsteich-gmai]

I got married in 2023, but my wife did not have any tax credits from health care, because she did not have health care. Why is it when I click married in 2023, it lowers my tax return by a large amount, when there were no credits to be paid by her?

[Hydman84]

are you filing joint or separate if you got married that year i'd choose married but filing separately.

[Vanessa A]

Yes, you will need to select that you got married in 2023.   It is possible that the reason you are seeing your refund lowered is because when you select that you got married, all the months that you were not married the Premium Tax Credit is based on the Federal Poverty Level for one person instead of 2 people.  

With 2 people, you can earn more and get more of a credit, but when it is just one person the amount you can earn is less to get the same amount of credit. 

How to Reconcile Your Premium Tax Credit