Tax Year Prior to 2020: I don’t have a 1095-A form why does it keep asking me about that?

[Haw4]

I never consented to have marketplace I have. I inssurance so why do I have a 1095a

[JohnB5677]

Try this as a workaround:

Enter $1 for 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: 

• Click Deductions and Credits
• Scroll down to Medical and Click Show More
• Click Start or Revisit next to the ACA
• As you walk through the questions, you will be asked if you received a 1095-A.  
  • Even if you did NOT, click YES anyway.
• Enter 0's for the Marketplace identifier and Policy number.
• Enter $1 for January monthly premium amount and SLCSP
• Walk through to the end and submit your return. 

These resources may help solve these issues:

• Where do I enter my 1095-A?
• What if I don't have or lost my 1095-A?
• What is the Premium Tax Credit?
• I got a 12C letter from the IRS (Form 8962)
• What's my state Marketplace?

@Bothered02

[TR2023]

I do not have a 1095-A I entered no to the question and it continues to reject my taxes.

[TeresaM]

You may have a partial form in the return from clicking through the interview, to be sure, you may remove any partial forms  in the return with Delete Forms

1. In the left menu, select Tax Tools
2. Select Tools
3. Select Delete a form
4. Scroll to the Form 1095-A or 8962  and click Delete on the right
5. Then scroll to the bottom and select Continue with my return
   
   If you do not have a Form 1095-A or a Form 8962 in your return and the rejection says that it is missing, the Marketplace may have told the IRS that you applied for coverage that you did not ultimately take, or that someone on your tax return did.  Please call the Marketplace and be sure they do not have a Form 1095-A on record for anyone on your return, checking both name and social security number. Sometimes another person has made a mistake and put the wrong number on their application. 

Healthcare.gov

1-800-318-2596 (TTY: 1-855-889-4325). Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (except holidays)

If you have confirmed that no one on your return had insurance through the Marketplace for tax year 2022, but the IRS mistakenly thinks they did, it’s OK to create a Form 1095-A with minimal information to satisfy the IRS for e-file purposes. If you use this method, and it contradicts what the Marketplace has on record, then you may receive a CP2000 Notice from the IRS requesting additional information.

Follow these instructions: 

1. Select  Deductions and Credits from the left menu
2. Scroll down to Medical and Select Show More 
3. Select Start or Revisit next to Affordable Care Act (Form 1095-A) 
4. As you walk through the questions, you'll be asked if you received a Form 1095-A. Even if you didn’t receive this form, select Yes 
5. Enter 0's for the Marketplace identifier and policy number, and $1 for the January amounts 
6. Continue through to the end of the questionnaire and re-file your return

[Tinarossi85]

Please help!!!  This is so frustrating. It will not let me complete my state taxes because it says I have one detail to review..  It keeps taking me back to form 3853.  Wants me to enter a certificate number, or no pending ecn.   I never had health coverage last year.   Please help me fix this issue.

[DawnC]

Can you check the box that says NO pending ECN?   If not, get out of the review and go back through the state return.   You can also try to delete the form.  @Tinarossi85 

[wrfn]

how do I get rid of my 1095A and 8962 form?

[MonikaK1]

If you never had Marketplace insurance and never received a Form 1095-A, follow the steps noted earlier in this thread to Delete a Form:

In TurboTax Online

1. In the left menu, select Tax Tools
2. Select Tools
3. Select Delete a form
4. Scroll to the Form 1095-A or 8962 and click Delete on the right
5. Then scroll to the bottom and select Continue with my return

[AliF]

Thank you for the answer you shared. It was just what I needed. Love the simple language & instruction you included.