Form 1095-C and Line 14

Posted by BAS - 06 February, 2020

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Applicable Large Employers (those with 50 or more full-time/full-time equivalent employees in the prior year) should be in the process of completing their Form 1095 Forms. An ALE must furnish Form 1095-C to full-time employees and employees covered under a self-funded health plan.

Line 14 of Form 1095-C is one of the more difficult parts of the form to complete. Line 14 is used to identify an employer’s offer of coverage. Reporting on Line 14 is accomplished by using one of the Codes identified by the IRS for each month of the year. A summary of the Codes follows.

  • 1A. Qualifying Offer: Minimum essential coverage providing minimum value offered to full-time employee with Employee Required Contribution equal to or less than 9.5% (as adjusted) of mainland single federal poverty line and at least minimum essential coverage offered to spouse and dependent(s).
  • 1B. Minimum essential coverage providing minimum value offered to employee only
  • 1C. Minimum essential coverage providing minimum value offered to employee and at least minimum essential coverage offered to dependent(s) (not spouse).
  • 1D. Minimum essential coverage providing minimum value offered to employee and at least minimum essential coverage offered to spouse (not dependent(s)). Do not use code 1D if the coverage for the spouse was offered conditionally. Instead, use code 1J.
  • 1E. Minimum essential coverage providing minimum value offered to employee and at least minimum essential coverage offered to dependent(s) and spouse. Do not use code 1E if the coverage for the spouse was offered conditionally. Instead, use code 1K.
  • 1F. Minimum essential coverage NOT providing minimum value offered to employee; employee and spouse or dependent(s); or employee, spouse, and dependents.
  • 1G. Offer of coverage for at least one month of the calendar year to an individual who was not an employee for any month of the calendar year or to an employee who was not a full-time employee for any month of the calendar year (which may include one or more months in which the individual was not an employee) and who enrolled in self-insured coverage for one or more months of the calendar year.
  • 1H. No offer of coverage (employee not offered any health coverage or employee offered coverage that is not minimum essential coverage, which may include one or more months in which the individual was not an employee).
  • 1I. Reserved.
  • 1J. Minimum essential coverage providing minimum value offered to employee and at least minimum essential coverage conditionally offered to spouse; minimum essential coverage not offered to dependent(s).
  • 1K. Minimum essential coverage providing minimum value offered to employee; at least minimum essential coverage offered to dependents; and at least minimum essential coverage conditionally offered to spouse.

Employers should be familiar with the logic behind the Line 14 codes to report properly on coverage. BAS’ MyEnroll360 health care reform data collection and reporting tool can help you apply Line 14 codes for health care reform compliance. If you want help with ACA compliance, contact your account manager or solutions@BASusa.com.

Topics: Health Care Reform (ACA)


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