Retirement tax questions

No, there is no penalty for not having marketplace health insurance.  If you do not have that kind of health insurance you just say NO to the question about it and move on.   

 

There is no federal penalty at all for not having health insurance.  There are several states in which not having any kind of health insurance at all can cause you to owe a penalty.   These are CA, DC, MA, NJ and RI

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