What You Need to Know about 2020 1094/1095 Filing

Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the IRS has pushed back the tax filing deadline to June 15, 2020, for individuals, but there have been no specific details into filing for 1094/1095. The only information they gave was that the 30-day extension that can be filed past March 2 can be extended an additional 30 days. Here’s what you need to know about 2020 1094/1095 filing.

Form 1094-C/1095-C

Form 1095-C, which is filed to any full-time employee of an Applicable Large Employers member (employers with 50 or more full-time employees), who is full-time for one or more months of the tax year. These members report information regarding each employee for all 12 months of the year.

The information that is reported from both 1094-C and 1095-C is used to determine employer liability for payment under the employer’s shared responsibility provision, section 4980H, and the amount, if any, that is owed.

Employers that are subject to the ACA must distribute 1095 reporting forms to employees and transmit copies to the IRS, with a few exceptions:

Form 1095 B, Health Coverage

•  Transmittal Form 1094-B to accompany Form 1095-B
• Instructions for Forms 1094-B and 1095-B
• Form 1095-C, Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage
• Transmittal Form 1094-C to accompany Form 1095-C
• Instructions for Forms  1094-C and 1095-C

Forms 1094-B/ 1094-B

Information in form 1095 B is reported to the IRS and taxpayers regarding employees who are covered by minimum essential coverage (which includes government-sponsored programs, eligible employer-sponsored plans, individual market plans, other Department of Health and Human Services coverage). Eligibility for this coverage may affect a taxpayer’s eligibility for the premium tax credit.

Everyone who provides minimum essential coverage to employees during a year must file an information return that reports the coverage, using forms 1094-B and 1095-B.

There is an automatic 30-day extension for both forms 1094-B and 1095-B, which you can receive by completing Form 8809 and filing it with the IRS on or before the due date. There is no need for a signature or explanation to receive the extension, but form 8809 must be filed before the due date of the returns. You may also apply for an additional 30-day extension under certain hardship conditions.

At SBMA, we take the complexity of 1094/ 1095 filing off your plate.  Our team will take care of all of the filings and, in the event the IRS sends a letter saying the filing was incorrect, we will take care of the refiling on your company’s behalf.