Under Health Care Act, Many Tax Filers Are Discovering Costly Complications (Pelosi knew)

NY Times via MSN ^ | 3/21/15 | ABBY GOODNOUGH

[Libloather]

**SNIP**

Under the Affordable Care Act, people who remained uninsured last year must either pay a penalty with their taxes, one of the most contentious elements of the law, or claim an exemption. The Obama administration has said up to six million people would owe a penalty of $95 or 1 percent of their household income, whichever is greater. But as many as 30 million people are getting exemptions, mainly because they are too poor to afford health insurance or because they live in a state that refused to expand Medicaid last year under the health law.

And people who did get insurance but, like Mr. Ciesielski, underestimated their income for 2014 — the figure on which subsidies are calculated — are being required to pay back part of their subsidy.

In late February, H & R Block reported that its uninsured clients had paid an average penalty of $172. The money comes out of refunds, while people who do not get refunds are required to pay the Internal Revenue Service by April 15.

[Libloather]

The health law prohibits the I.R.S. from imposing criminal fines or putting liens on the property of people who ignore the insurance mandate, but it does allow the agency to collect the penalty by reducing future refunds.

Pfffffft. That'll change. The IRS is making up it's own rules now. Even Slo-Joe Biden knew it was a big effin' deal.

[4Liberty]

[tflabo]

So then many of the morons who voted for their rotten DemRats and king charlatan will skate the fines while the others will have to fork over the extortion? They were warned and did not listen.

[tflabo]

Why is it that no one in the Congress is pushing a bill that would eliminate the OBarrycair fines? Why? Let the DemRats vote against it and face the American voters?
Oh yeh-— riiiiiiiight.

[Mark]

while people who do not get refunds are required to pay the Internal Revenue Service by April 15.

No- this is only a suggestion--no enforcement.

[hal ogen]

I laugh at the buffoons who voted for LIBs/DIMs who are suffering...Bwahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Define “free healthcare”....hmmm, what?

[RetiredTexasVet]

” Affordable Care Act “

That’s “ObamaCare” if you are assigning blame or “CommieCare” if you are describing it.

[expat2]

I can't find anywhere in the 1040 instructions where one addresses whether or not you have insurance.

Can anyone help?

[Publius]

Line 61.

[Shadowstrike]

newsflash ain’t just people who voted for the “libs and dims” having to pay the fine.

[hal ogen]

Yes...that is true. However, I still laugh at the LIB/DIM-voting buffoons. I want them toi experience much pain and suffering. Have a great day!