IRS Health Care Tax Tip 2016-05, January 13, 2016 Some of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) only affect your organization if it's an applicable large employer (ALE). An ALE is generally one with 50 or more full-time employees, including full-time equivalent employees. The vast majority of employers will fall below the ALE threshold number of employees and, therefore, will not be subject to the employer shared responsibility provisions. If you are an ALE, here are five things to know: Applicable large employers have annual reporting responsibilities. You will need to provide the IRS and employees information returns concerning whether and what health insurance you offered to your full-time employees. If you're an applicable large employer that provides self-insured health coverage to your employees, you must file an annual return reporting certain information for each employee you cover. ALEs must either offer minimum essential coverage that is affordable and that provides minimum value to their full-time employees and their dependents, or potentially make an employer shared responsibility payment to the IRS. Learn more about the employer shared responsibility provision. You may be required to report the value of the health insurance coverage you provided to each employee on their Form W-2. If you're an applicable large employer with exactly 50 employees, you can purchase affordable insurance through the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP). For more information, see the Affordable Care Act Tax Provisions for Employers page on IRS.gov/aca. Subscribe to IRS Tax Tips to receive easy-to-read tips from the IRS by email. Health care tax tips Health Care Tax Tips Health Care Tax Tips - December 2016 Health Care Tax Tips - November 2016 Health Care Tax Tips - October 2016 Health Care Tax Tips - September 2016 Health Care Tax Tips Related HealthCare.gov (Английский) Положение о разделенной ответственности физического лица (Английский) Налоговый зачет за взносы медицинского страхования – основы (Английский) Закон о доступном медицинском обслуживании (ACA) – чего ожидать при подаче налоговой декларации (Английский) Сбор документов о вашем медицинском обеспечении для сезона подачи налоговых деклараций (Английский) Информационный центр Закона о доступном медицинском обслуживании (ACA) для налоговых специалистов (Английский) Как исправить поданную в электронном виде декларацию, отклоненную из-за отсутствия Формы 8962