tax filing season: what to expect and new opportunities for the enrollment community
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Tax Filing Season: What to
Expect and New Opportunities
for the Enrollment Community
January 26, 2016
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I. Introduction• Zachary Baron, Senior Policy Analyst, Best Practices Institute
II. ACA Taxes Issues and How TurboTax Can Help• Mike D’Avolio, CPA, Intuit TurboTax
III. Tips for Tax Preparation Partnerships• Neil Deegan, Pennsylvania State Director, Enroll America
IV. VITA Sites As Gateways• Will Gonzalez, Executive Director, Ceiba
V. Q&A• Submit any time via chat (no questions will be taken by phone)
Agenda
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Making Sure Consumers Know: The Fine Amount is Increasing
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• Encourage Reporting of Income and Other Changes
• Set Expectations• Build More Extensive
Relationships With Tax Preparers
Importance of Year-round Outreach
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ACA Tax Issues and How TurboTax Can Help Mike D’Avolio, CPA and Tax Expert for TurboTax®
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• Information about how the ACA will affect taxes
• Options for finding financial assistance to purchase health insurance
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• Another check the box year
• 1095-B & C
• 1095-A
• Advance Premium Tax Credit
• Penalties
• Exemptions
Year 2 of ACA Compliance
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How TurboTax Helps You Easily Report Your Health Insurance on Your Taxes
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• For the almost 8 out of 10 Americans who were already insured in 2015, reporting health care will be as simple as checking a few boxes.
Insured
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• New 1095-B & 1095-C forms
• Not needed for filing
• Can rely on insurance card, EOB, payroll stub or W-2
Government, Employer or Market Coverage
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• Customers are not charged to file forms related to ACA
• They will need this form in order to file accurately
Marketplace Insurance
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• Reporting Marketplace insurance and premium tax credits is simple
Marketplace Insurance
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• More than half of the estimated 40 million Americans who are uninsured may be exempt from the penalty
• 30 plus exemptions
People Who Are Exempt
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• The penalty in 2015 is $325 per adult and $162.50 per child or about 2% of household income.
• The penalty for going without insurance for 2016 goes up to $695 per adult and $347.50 per child or about 2.5% of household income.
• TurboTax connects people to health insurance resources to help reduce penalties.
Uninsured Americans
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• TurboTax insured filer experience video*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztNCjneKhEQ&feature=youtu.be
• TurboTax Marketplace insurance filer experience*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayiPA4hUZso&feature=you
• TurboTax Forms video explainer – 1095 A, B, C: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0H2k9HStdA
• 1095 inFORMation Calculator: http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/health-care/turbotax-1095-information-20416/
• TurboTax Exemption Check Calculator: https://turbotax.intuit.com/health-care/exemptions/#!/exemption-home
• TurboTax Uninsured filer experience video*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOOBwYuZq_A
Appendix – TurboTax Resources
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Thank You
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TIPS FOR TAX PREPARATION
PARTNERSHIPSNeil Deegan, Pennsylvania State Director, Enroll America
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• VITA sites (Campaign for Working Families)
• CEIBA
PA Tax Filing Partnerships
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• Initial conversations• Making the connection
between taxes and coverage• Developing partnerships
• Likely there are organizations in your networks that do tax prep, or can help you find those that do.
• Coalition-building• Bring those organizations into
your enrollment coalitions. They are a key connector!
Engaging Groups
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• Active ask• Ask every single client if
they have coverage!• Intake forms/data sharing
(with consent)• Ask at intake about
coverage status. Offer to make follow-up calls to those consumers to help them get covered.
• Follow-up• Follow-up is a critical
piece of this. Every additional conversation increases the likelihood that someone gets covered.
Identifying the Uninsured
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• Limited overlap with OE3• Only a few days where tax prep
events will overlap with open enrollment.
• Consumers don’t always have time to do taxes AND enrollment• Help them make an appointment
for enrollment assistance before they leave!
• Medicaid enrollment/SEPs• For those eligible for Medicaid or
an SEP, make sure they know they can get covered after 1/31!
Challenges/Opportunities
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• Final weekend of OE3
• Year-round outreach
• Maximizing existing partnerships
Looking Ahead
Health
&
Taxes
VITA Sites as Gateways to ACA
Health
& Wellness
are Pocket Book Issues
Promoting integration of various services for clients and economies of scale for service providers.
ACA increases the
need to file taxes
accurately
& inexpensively
Taxes offer a comprehensive view of a household's finances. This includes Unauthorized immigrants.
Undocumented immigrants are not excluded from the requirement to file taxes
The IRS created the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) to help people without Social Security numbers file tax returns.
At least half of the unauthorized immigrants in the country are subject to payroll tax withholdings because they present a 'made up' Social Security Number to their employer.
Giving people information to enroll in affordable health insurance is important.
It is just as important, however, to inform people if they do not qualify for ACA.
Some people have been improperly enrolled in health insurance and that may cause them legal harm later.
Talking about Health Insurance will help unauthorized immigrants not be afraid to enroll their US born children in health insurance.
This is important becuase the Pew Hispanic Center determined that:
• 45% of unauthorized immigrant households in the US are couples with children
• 37% of all unauthorized immigrants were parents of children who are US citizens
• There are 4.1 million US born children of unauthorized immigrant parents residing in this country and the number is growing
Screenings
provide clients with their own
health data to support their need to secure
health insurance.
Work with VITA sites to offer Free health screenings during Free tax preparation sessions – Great way to break the ice about health & the Affordable Care Act.
Workshops linking VITA and ACA before, during, and after the Open Enrollment Period are important.
Make presentations to the general public and to service providing professionals.
Information about the relatively new and complex Affordable Care Act is best absorbed through small doses, repetition, & letting people ask questions about it.
Fresh looks at ACA through: Health & Taxes Health & Wellness as Asset-Building Tools
Enhance community awareness through the media of the economic benefits of thinking of affordable health insurance and wellness programs as asset-building tools.
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Key Takeaways
Tax Season is an Important Component of Year-round
Outreach
Get to Know ACA and Taxes 101
Engage New Partners to Identify the Uninsured
Health and Taxes Can Provide a New Vantage Point for
Consumers
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