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Your federal income taxes after the

new health care law

By Jessaka Menzie-Kwakye types of veterans health coverage administered See LEGAL, page 9
by the Veterans Affairs; most types of TRICARE
Legal Assistance Office coverage under chapter 55 of title 10 of the United
States Code; coverage purchased in the individual
The individual shared responsibility provision of the Afford- market, including a qualified health plan offered
able Care Act (26 U.S. Code Section 5000A) went into effect by the Health Insurance Marketplace
on January 1, 2014. This provision of the Affordable Care Act
requires individuals of all ages, and their dependents, to have Beginning January 2016, the Defense Finance
“minimum essential coverage” of health care for the year or to and Accounting Service will provide Internal
qualify for an exemption. If an individual and his or her claimed Revenue Service form 1095 to military members,
dependents do not have the minimum essential coverage of military retirees, and federal civilian employees.
health care or an exemption, the individual may be required The information on form 1095 (B or C) is necessary
to make a penalty payment when filing the federal income tax for the filing of the 2015 income tax return. Form
return starting in the 2015 tax filing season. 1095 provides information to report on the income
tax return that the tax filer and claimed dependents
If you are a servicemember, dependent, or Department of had qualifying health coverage (minimum essential
the Army civilian you most likely already have the minimum coverage) during the prior year. If the tax filer fails
coverage under your current health insurance plan. The fol- to show minimum essential coverage for the tax filer
lowing types of health care plans meet the “minimum essential and claimed dependents or that the tax filer was
coverage” definition under the new health care law: employer- eligible for an exemption, he or she could be liable
sponsored coverage, including self-insured plans, COBRA for the individual shared responsibility payment.
coverage and retiree coverage; most Medicaid coverage; certain

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