The IRS has introduced the manufacturing schedule for submitting Reasonably priced Care Act (ACA) 2022 data returns electronically via the ACA Data Returns (AIR) System, with the 2023 submitting season starting on January 13, 2023. The AIR System is used for submitting Varieties 1094/1095-B and 1094/1095-C. As a reminder, Varieties 1094-B and 1095-B are filed by minimal important protection suppliers (comparable to well being insurers and employers sponsoring self-insured well being plans) to report protection data in accordance with Code § 6055. Varieties 1094-C and 1095-C are filed by relevant massive employers (ALEs) to offer data that the IRS must administer employer shared duty penalties and eligibility for premium tax credit, as required underneath Code § 6056. For calendar 12 months 2022, Varieties 1094-B and 1094-C are required to be filed with the IRS by February 28, 2023, or March 31, 2023, if submitting electronically (see our Checkpoint article). (Filers might lengthen these deadlines by software to the IRS utilizing Kind 8809.) Revised Publications 5258, 5164, 5165, and 5308 present steerage for digital filers.

EBIA Remark: The brink for obligatory digital submitting with the IRS stays at 250 returns, utilized individually to every kind of return and to unique and corrected returns. The IRS has proposed considerably increasing the edge (see our Checkpoint article), reflecting statutory modifications made by the Taxpayer First Act of 2019. It will likely be fascinating to see if the proposal is finalized earlier than the following submitting season. For extra data, see EBIA’s Well being Care Reform handbook at Sections XXVIII (“Shared Accountability for Employers (Play or Pay Penalty Tax)”), XXXVI.C (“Data Reporting of Minimal Important Protection (Insurers and Employers That Self-Insure)”), and XXXVI.D (“Data Reporting of Employer-Sponsored Protection (Relevant Massive Employers)”). See additionally the just lately up to date EBIA’s Kind 1094/1095 Workbook, together with Part X (“Submitting With the IRS”).

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