Form 1095-C, Line 16 Explained

What you need to know.

We just talked about how important line 14 is to complete Form 1095-C and now we get to tell you all about line 16 and its very own set of codes!

Form 1095-C, Line 16
So, like we said, line 14 takes care of telling the IRS what type of coverage you offered. Line 16 is there to explain further about your choice of code for line 14. So if there were any safe harbor situations you were eligible for or and other circumstances applied, Code Series 2 indicates that on line 16.

Tax Year 2016 Code Changes
Since code 2I of Code Series 2 only applied to safe harbor received in 2015, it is no longer available for 2016 filing. This means you won’t be able to use code 2I on line 16 on your future ACA forms (including the ones for this year).

Code Series 2
And so you’re armed with all the knowledge you need to complete line 16, here are the codes you’ll choose from when completing it:

• -Code 2A
• -Use if the employee was not employed during that month.
• -Do not use if the employee worked even one day that month.
• -Do not use for the month an employee was terminated.
• -Code 2B
• -Use if the employee was not a full-time employee during that month.
• -Use if the employee was not full-time and did not enroll in coverage.
• -Use if the employee was a full-time employee and their coverage ended only because the employee terminated employment.
• -Code 2C
• -Use if the employee enrolled in the coverage offered.
• -Do not use if code 1G is used in line 14.
• -Do not use if the coverage offered did not meet minimum essential coverage.
• -Do not use for months terminated employees are enrolled in COBRA continuation coverage.
• -Code 2D
• -Use if the employee was in a section 4980H(b) Limited Non-Assessment Period that month.
• -Use if the employee was in an initial measurement period that month.
• -Code 2E
• -Use for any month the multiemployer arrangement interim guidance applies.
• -Use in place of any other code in Code Series 2 that may apply.
• -Code 2F
• -Use if section 4980H Form W-2 safe harbor was used to determine affordability for the employee.
• -Code 2F must be used for all 12 months.
• -Code 2G
• -Use if section 4980H federal poverty line safe harbor was used to determine affordability for the employee.
• -Code 2H
• -Use if section 4980H rate of pay safe harbor was used to determine affordability for the employee.

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