Affordable Care Act FAQs (1040)

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What are Forms 1095-A, 1095-B, and 1095-C?

What is minimum essential health care coverage?

Is there a quick way to indicate that my clients had health care coverage?

Why do I have a tax calculating on Form 1040, Schedule 4, line 61, Health care: individual responsibility?

Why is Form 8962 using the prior year federal poverty line?

How can I transfer dependent modified adjusted gross income information to the parent's return for the purpose of calculating Form 8962, Form 8965, and/or the Health Care: Individual Responsibility Worksheet?

What is unaffordable coverage under the Affordable Care Act?

How do I enter information for an individual who has an exemption for part of the year and/or health care coverage for part of the year?

How do the worksheets in Publication 974, Premium Tax Credit calculate?

Why does the MAGI on Form 8582 not match the expected MAGI from Form 1040?

Why does the MAGI on Form 8815 not match the expected MAGI from Form 1040?

Why does the MAGI on Form 8917 not match the expected MAGI from Form 1040?

Why does the MAGI on Form 8903 not match the expected MAGI from Form 1040?

Why does the MAGI on the Traditional IRA MAGI Worksheet not match the expected MAGI from Form 1040?

Why does the MAGI on Worksheet 1 for Social Security Recipients Who Contribute To An IRA not match the expected MAGI from Form 1040?

Why does the MAGI on the Student Loan Interest Deduction Worksheet not match the expected MAGI from Form 1040?

Can I claim both the Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC, Form 8885) and the Premium Tax Credit (PTC, Form 8962)?

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