{"id":1603,"date":"2015-09-02T15:38:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T20:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2017-10-19T15:54:43","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T20:54:43","slug":"aca-interactive-interview-guide-for-proseries-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accountants.intuit.com\/taxprocenter\/tax-law-and-news\/aca-interactive-interview-guide-for-proseries-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"ACA Interactive: Interview Guide for ProSeries\u00ae Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Welcome<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">ACA Interactive will guide you through provisions of the Affordable Care Act including coverage and exemptions, as well as program input steps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Highlights for Tax Preparers of 2014 Returns<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Reporting &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Only clients that have purchased insurance through the Marketplaces will receive Form 1095-A, as shown in the table below. This means that many if not most of your clients that have insurance coverage will not receive a 1095-B or 1095-C for 2014. See table below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What this means for you &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> The IRS recognizes this and as a result you as a tax preparer don&#8217;t have to obtain specific documentation from your clients to prove they have health care coverage. Various documentation as well as oral self-reporting of coverage by the taxpayer is admissible. Source: Excerpted from AICPA Webcast Nov.13, 2014, speaker William Smits from the IRS Wage &amp; Investment Division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1607\" src=\"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/aca.jpg\" alt=\"aca\" width=\"963\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>IRS Penalty enforcement &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">The provisions of the Affordable Care Act prohibit the IRS from levies or liens to collect any individual shared responsibility payment. 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