Reviewing ACA Form 1095- Line 14

Posted by BAS - 13 January, 2022

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The deadline for furnishing form 1095-C is fast approaching. Completing lines 14 and 16 on the form is the most daunting task for employers. Reviewing coding on these forms is especially important this year as the IRS has rescinded any good-faith compliance relief for erroneous completion of 2021 ACA forms.

Line 14 of the Form 1095-C is where the employer identifies an offer of health coverage. The potential codes for Line 14 are identified below.

  • 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). This code may be used to report for specific months for which a Qualifying Offer was made, even if the employee did not receive a Qualifying Offer for all 12 months of the calendar year.
  • Minimum essential coverage providing minimum value offered to employee only.
  • Minimum essential coverage providing minimum value offered to employee and at least minimum essential coverage offered to dependent(s) (not spouse).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Minimum essential coverage NOT providing minimum value offered to employee; employee and spouse or dependent(s); or employee, spouse, and dependents.
  • 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. Note. Code 1G applies for the entire year or not at all. Therefore, if code 1G applies, an ALE Member must enter code 1G on line 14 in the “All 12 Months” column or in each separate monthly box (for all 12 months).
  • 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).
  • Reserved for future use.
  • 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). (See Conditional offer of spousal coverage, earlier, for an additional description of conditional offers.)
  • 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.
  • Individual coverage HRA offered to employee only with affordability determined by using employee’s primary residence location ZIP code.
  • Individual coverage HRA offered to employee and dependent(s) (not spouse) with affordability determined by using employee’s primary residence location ZIP code.
  • Individual coverage HRA offered to employee, spouse, and dependent(s) with affordability determined by using employee’s primary residence location ZIP code.
  • Individual coverage HRA offered to employees only using the employee’s primary employment site ZIP code affordability safe harbor.
  • Individual coverage HRA offered to employee and dependent(s) (not spouse) using the employee’s primary employment site ZIP code affordability safe harbor.
  • Individual coverage HRA offered to employee, spouse, and dependent(s) using employee’s primary employment site ZIP code affordability safe harbor.
  • Individual coverage HRA that is NOT affordable offered to employee; employee and spouse, or dependent(s); or employee, spouse and dependents.
  • Individual coverage HRA offered to an individual who was not a full-time employee.
  • Individual coverage HRA offered to employee and spouse (not dependents) with affordability determined using employee's primary residence location ZIP code.
  • Individual coverage HRA offered to employee and spouse (not dependents) using employee's primary employment site ZIP code affordability safe harbor.

Employers should review Line 14 of their forms for each employee before distribution.

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