About 7.5 million Americans paid an average penalty of $200 for not having health insurance in 2014 — the first year most Americans were required to have coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday.
By contrast, taxpayers filing three-quarters of the 102 million returns received by the IRS so far this year checked a box indicating they had qualifying insurance coverage all year.
Counting another 7 million dependents who weren't required to report their coverage but also filed returns, the proportion with qualifying insurance rises to 81 percent, the IRS said.
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So now we're just believing a check-box on the tax return...sounds like the Iran nuke deal to me....
ReplyDeleteSo can I just check a box telling the IRS that I paid my taxes (better yet - that I don't owe any) and be done with it?
This penalty is wrong!! The government is just getting richer for these people struggling. I have a granddaughter that makes 20,000 per year working 1 full time job and 3 part time jobs just to survive who can not afford healthcare because all of her money pays just to live. She got a $200.00 penalty. She also owed more taxes. Where does it end with the government ripping off the working class.
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ReplyDeleteDoesn't seem fair does it? Yet you have people that have multiple kids with different fathers and are getting thousands of dollars a year to help them and they penalize the working people.
The harder you work they more they want to take so they can give it to the lazy.