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How to answer the question "did you have health coverage all year" yes or no? to avoid a no coverage penalty?

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Best answer by IRonMaN

If the client didn't have health insurance, it's kind of tough to answer yes.  Just because they didn't have insurance doesn't automatically involve a penalty, but it could involve more work for you to determine is coverage was not affordable.

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Intuit Community Champion
December 7, 2019
Paid preparers put down the truth to questions
IRonMaN
Level 15
December 7, 2019
At least the ones that like their jobs and aren't fond of prison life :grimacing::grimacing:
Slava Ukraini!
IRonMaN
IRonMaNAnswer
Level 15
December 7, 2019

If the client didn't have health insurance, it's kind of tough to answer yes.  Just because they didn't have insurance doesn't automatically involve a penalty, but it could involve more work for you to determine is coverage was not affordable.

Slava Ukraini!
Just-Lisa-Now-
Intuit Community Champion
December 7, 2019

Answer NO , then scroll down to Link to the 8965 and see if they might qualify for any of the exceptions to penalty.

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