This year turbo tax didn’t ask about my healthcare insurance any idea why?

[Gar615]

But they did not ask the question.  This form will change your refund +/- for many people because when you apply, you give them a guess what your income will be. 

[Casey15]

If they give you a prompt and steps to enter your information, then by all means it's your bad, your responsibility to deal with the consequences. But as many have stated, since the birth of Obamacare, TT has prompted the completion of this form. To suddenly not prompt this year, along with the new dismissal of healthcare fines, many people assumed that they no longer had to fill out the information. If you chose to go scour forums and Google, congrats, pat on the back to you..... YOU are not the reason for this forum. The tens of thousands who trusted their taxes to TT, like many previously successful years, are the reason this forum exists. And another tid bit, we all know there's free file options out there, but many took comfort in thinking TT had our backs and found ease of mind with the step by step instructions and prompts for things that the regular American citizen doesn't think of to include in their taxes. Or like myself, we chose TT's free file option, only to get 2hrs in at the last step to be told sorry, you have to upgrade because of one of your deductions, and instead of starting completely over with an unfamiliar program, chose to suck up the $100 fees and be done with tax season....or so we mistakenly thought.

[russ alfo]

 https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-free    That's the one for me!(no TurboTax)....:(

[RSmi1991]

Turbo Tax y’all keep saying how health insurance isn’t required BUT marketplace insurance is. Do y’all not realize y’all are only confirming to us that y’all are very aware that insurance from the marketplace must be reported, yet you all still failed to include it in filing? That means y’all are fully aware that if not reported we will be delayed. We shouldn’t have to search or find something you know is required to be reported. It should be asked about just like everyone else. Every single individual that filed with Turbo Tax and had marketplace healthcare is dealing with this delay, and you all refuse to acknowledge the error on the software’s end. This would have been very much avoided had we been asked about it, the same way we are asked about everything else!!! What about those of us who literally needed our return this year? This is very inconveniencing and it’s completely unfair!!!!

[jtepetla]

Same... times two. I filed mine and my sons through here. For what we spend to use turbotax, turbotax definitely dropped the ball here. Going to lose a lot of long time customers over this. We get asked about other items that aren't required or don't apply.. this should not be one that is missed. 

[LeonardS]

TurboTax asks if you have Health Care Form 1095-A under the Deductions & Credits  tab on the line Affordable Care Act (Form 1095-A) .

[russ alfo]

TurboTax did not ASK for form 1095-A in the process. IRS did 3 weeks later.

[RSmi1991]

Turbo Tax DID NOT ask. We know, NOW, that you have to search for it to even enter it. Y’all refuse to admit fault huh? Lol

[russ alfo]

 I already sent 1095-A and 8962 forms to IRS as they requested. Due I still need to correct with TurboTax online?

[Critter]

@LeonardS 

Tell the powers that be that the program doesn't prompt for the 1095-A in any fashion ... I have tried 5 times in fake accounts to get it to ask and the program failed everytime.   Although I believe if I had a form 1095-A in my hand and instructions to file a form 8962 from the ACA then I would have asked where to put it and not just ignored it ... but as you can see from all the angry posts that the program really dropped the ball this year.  They required everyone to complete the healthcare section every year for 6 years now and  that section was dropped without warning ... the program must cater to the lowest common denominator and they really need to fix this somehow. 

[mfknnichy483]

Finally got my letter from the IRS. They only request you send the letter, 1095-A and form 8962 but if your refund amount is affected, you need to send a new 2nd page of the 1040 and the Schedule 3. I learned my lesson years ago. They will request that later if not, unless things have changed again. They got it anyways via fax at 10:45 last night 

[Mecene B]

Yes that is true turbox tax F me up. I will not pay that $80 I will dispute it or take them to court. Now I have to wait according to the irs agent 6 to 8 weeks, because of additional information they going to process it like a paper return. Turbox wont find me next year. I'll go to a local tax agency instead. 

[RSmi1991]

It looks like my refund amount increased about $100 if I’m reading my tax transcript right. I hope they don’t **bleep** ask me to fax information all over again. Ugh! 

[mfknnichy483]

@RSmi1991 

I had to amend a return one year, sent it in and I got a letter asking for schedules and other things that happened to be added when amending. I didn't want that to happen again, so I sent it anyways and explained why on my cover sheet.

[RSmi1991]

I’m not understanding what you mean. But either way, they have all my information I hope they don’t turn around & ask me to amend. This is extremely annoying