New 1095-C Information for Tax Year 2018

The information below is for Tax Year 2018. Learn more about the 1095-C for Tax Year 2019.


In the coming weeks, you may receive a tax document called the 1095-C that will contain detailed information about your healthcare coverage if you were eligible in 2018. While you will not need to include your 1095-C with your 2018 tax return, or send it to the IRS, you may use information from your 1095-C to help complete your tax return.

The Affordable Care Act includes an individual mandate that requires most Americans to obtain and maintain health insurance each month or pay a tax penalty. The penalty for not having coverage will be paid on your Federal Income Tax Returns for each full month you, or a family member, does not have health insurance.

The Affordable Care Act requires employers to send Form 1095-C to certain employees. This form contains detailed information about your health care coverage. The IRS will use the information reported on your 1095-C to determine whether you will pay a penalty for failing to have health care coverage as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. If you received an Advance Premium Tax Credit, the information on the form will also help the IRS determine if you should repay any of the tax credit or receive an additional credit.
 

Questions about the 1095-C?

If you did not receive a 1095-C but believe you should have, or if you have additional questions, please contact the University of Pittsburgh’s Benefits Department at hr-benque@pitt.edu. You may also visit www.irs.gov or www.healthcare.gov to learn more.

If you’re not sure what the codes on the document mean, you can use an interactive Form 1095-C Decoder at www.mytaxform.com/form-1095-decoder.


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