Userid: CPM Schema: instrx Leadpct: 100% Pt. size: 9 Draft Ok to Print AH XSL/XML Fileid: … ions/i8885/2021/a/xml/cycle04/source (Init. & Date) _______ Page 1 of 6 10:43 - 1-Dec-2021 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service 2021 Instructions for Form 8885 Health Coverage Tax Credit Section references are to the Internal Revenue • Any amounts you included on Form for those coverage months. Your election Code unless otherwise noted. 8885, line 4, or on Form 14095, The applies to your April through October Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) coverage months. What’s New Reimbursement Request Form; Even if you can’t claim the HCTC Expiration of the Health Coverage Tax • Any qualified health insurance on your income tax return, you Credit (HCTC). The HCTC expires at the coverage premiums you paid to “US CAUTION! must still file Form 8885 to elect end of 2021. The HCTC can't be claimed Treasury-HCTC” for eligible coverage the HCTC for any months you participated for coverage months beginning in 2022. months for which you received the benefit in the advance monthly payment program. The advance monthly payment program of the advance monthly payment program; Failing to make a timely election will will continue through December 2021 but or require you to report advance monthly will not accept HCTC payments in 2022. • Any advance monthly payments your HCTC payment amounts as an additional health plan administrator received from tax owed on your tax return. COBRA premium reductions. The the IRS, as shown on Form 1099-H, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) provided temporary 100% premium Advance Payments. Definitions and Special subsidies for eligible former employees Rules enrolled in COBRA coverage. If you Who Can Take This Credit received a 100% COBRA premium You can elect to take the HCTC only if (a) TAA Recipient reduction from your former employer or you were an eligible TAA, ATAA, or RTAA You were an eligible TAA recipient as of COBRA administrator, don’t check any recipient or PBGC payee in 2021; or you the first day of the month if, for any day in boxes on line 1 for the coverage months were the qualifying family member of an that month or the prior month, you: for which you received such reduction. eligible TAA, ATAA, or RTAA recipient or • Received a trade readjustment You aren’t eligible to claim the HCTC for PBGC payee who passed away or allowance, or those months and may need to repay on finalized a divorce with you (see • Would have been entitled to receive line 5 any advance payments of the HCTC Continued Qualification for Family such an allowance except that you hadn’t made for your benefit for those months. Members After Certain Life Events, later); exhausted all rights to any unemployment (b) you can’t be claimed as a dependent insurance (except additional Future Developments on someone else’s 2021 tax return; and compensation that is funded by a state For the latest information about (c) you met all of the other conditions and isn’t reimbursed from any federal developments related to Form 8885 and listed on line 1. If you can’t be claimed as funds) to which you were entitled (or its instructions, such as legislation a dependent on someone else’s 2021 tax would be entitled if you applied). enacted after they were published, go to return, review Form 8885, Part I, to see if Example. You received a trade IRS.gov/Form8885. you are eligible to take this credit. readjustment allowance for January 2021. Relatively few people are eligible Election to take the HCTC. You must You were an eligible TAA recipient as of ! for the HCTC. See Who Can Take elect the HCTC to receive the benefit of the first day of January and February. CAUTION This Credit, later, to determine the HCTC. Make your election by whether you can claim the credit. checking the box on line 1 for the first ATAA Recipient eligible coverage month you are electing You were an eligible ATAA recipient as of to take the HCTC and all boxes on line 1 the first day of the month if, for that month General Instructions for each eligible coverage month after the or the prior month, you received benefits election month. Once you elect to take the under an alternative trade adjustment Purpose of Form HCTC for a month in 2021, the election to assistance program for older workers Use Form 8885 to elect and figure the take the HCTC applies to all subsequent established by the Department of Labor. amount, if any, of your HCTC. eligible coverage months in 2021. The Example. You received benefits under election doesn’t apply to any month for an alternative trade adjustment assistance Self-Employed Health Insurance De- which you aren’t eligible to take the HCTC. program for older workers for October duction Worksheet. If you are For 2021, the election must be made 2021. The program was established by completing the Self-Employed Health no later than the due date (including the Department of Labor. You were an Insurance Deduction Worksheet in your extensions) of your tax return. eligible ATAA recipient as of the first day tax return instructions and you were an of October and November. eligible trade adjustment assistance (TAA) Example. You were an eligible RTAA recipient, alternative TAA (ATAA) recipient between February 2021 and RTAA Recipient recipient, reemployment TAA (RTAA) October 2021 and you otherwise met the recipient, or Pension Benefit Guaranty HCTC requirements during that period. You were an eligible RTAA recipient as of Corporation (PBGC) payee, you must You wish to take the HCTC starting in April the first day of the month if, for that month complete Form 8885 before completing 2021. You would check the box on line 1 or the prior month, you received benefits that worksheet. When figuring the amount for April to elect the HCTC for your April under a reemployment trade adjustment to enter on line 1 of the worksheet, do not coverage. You must then check every box assistance program for older workers include: on line 1 through, and including, October established by the Department of Labor. because you’re eligible to take the HCTC Dec 01, 2021 Cat. No. 68158V |
Page 2 of 6 Fileid: … ions/i8885/2021/a/xml/cycle04/source 10:43 - 1-Dec-2021 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. Example. You received benefits under Qualified Health Insurance described in section 9832(c). For a reemployment trade adjustment example, if you purchase dental or vision Coverage assistance program for older workers for benefits separately, these benefits aren’t January 2021. The program was Qualified health insurance coverage for qualified health insurance coverage. But, if established by the Department of Labor. the HCTC is any of the following. you purchase dental or vision benefits as You were an eligible RTAA recipient as of 1. Coverage under a group health part of a comprehensive package and the first day of January and February. plan available through the employment of these benefits don’t represent your spouse, but see the instructions for substantially all of its coverage, the PBGC Payee line 1, later, for information on when comprehensive package of benefits, You were an eligible PBGC payee as of enrollment in, or an offer of, including the dental and vision benefits, the first day of the month if both of the employer-sponsored coverage makes you may be qualified health insurance following apply. an individual ineligible for the HCTC. coverage and the premiums paid may be 1. You were age 55 to 65 and not 2. Coverage under a non-group eligible for the HCTC. enrolled in Medicare as of the first day of (individual) health insurance plan other For more information about the month. than a qualified health plan offered TIP whether your coverage is qualified 2. You received a benefit for that through a Marketplace. Individual health health insurance coverage, go to month that was paid by the PBGC under insurance doesn’t include any insurance IRS.gov/HCTC. title IV of the Employee Retirement connected with a group health plan or Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). federal- or state-based health insurance Qualifying Family Member coverage. If you received a lump-sum payment A qualifying family member is: from the PBGC after August 5, 2002, you 3. Coverage under a Consolidated • Your spouse (a spouse doesn’t include meet item (2) above for any month that Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act someone who is legally separated from his you would have received a PBGC benefit (COBRA) continuation provision (as or her spouse under a decree of divorce or if you hadn’t received the lump-sum defined in section 9832(d)(1)). of separate maintenance (but see Married payment. 4. State-based coverage. State-based Persons Filing Separate Returns, later)), coverage includes the following. or Continued Qualification for a. Continuation coverage provided by • Anyone whom you can claim as a Family Members After Certain the state under a state law that requires dependent (but see the exception for Life Events such coverage. Children of Divorced or Separated Parents, later). Qualifying family members (spouses and b. A qualified state high-risk pool (as dependents) (see Qualifying Family defined in section 2744(c)(2) of the Public For any month that you are eligible to Member, later) can be considered Health Service Act). take the HCTC, you can include premiums paid for a qualifying family member for that recipients and file Form 8885 under their c. A health insurance program offered eligible coverage month if all of the name and social security number after for state employees. following statements were true as of the certain life events. You are considered a recipient and are eligible to newly receive, d. A state-based health insurance first day of that eligible coverage month. or continue to receive, the HCTC in the program that is comparable to the health • The qualifying family member was event that a related TAA, ATAA, or RTAA insurance program offered for state covered by qualified health insurance recipient or PBGC payee dies or finalizes employees. coverage for which you paid some or all of a divorce with you and you were a e. An arrangement entered into by a the premiums. You and your qualifying qualifying family member immediately state and (i) a group health plan (including family member don’t have to be covered before such event. The TAA, ATAA, or such a plan that is a multiemployer plan as by the same coverage. RTAA recipient or PBGC payee doesn’t defined in section 3(37) of ERISA), (ii) an • The qualifying family member wasn’t need to elect the HCTC prior to the event. issuer of health insurance coverage, (iii) enrolled in Medicare Part A, B, or C. People who were qualifying family an administrator, or (iv) an employer. • The qualifying family member wasn’t enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s members can receive the tax credit for f. A state arrangement with a private Health Insurance Program (CHIP). eligible coverage months up to 24 months sector health care coverage purchasing The qualifying family member wasn’t from the death or divorce, or until the first pool. • enrolled in the Federal Employees Health coverage month that begins on or after g. A state-operated health plan that Benefits Program (FEHBP) or eligible to January 1, 2022, whichever comes first. doesn’t receive any federal financial receive benefits under the U.S. military Eligibility to receive the HCTC may begin participation. health system (TRICARE). in either the month of the death or divorce or the month following the death or 5. Coverage under a health plan • The qualifying family member wasn’t divorce. funded by a voluntary employees’ covered by, or eligible for coverage under, beneficiary association (VEBA) that was any employer-sponsored health insurance Example. Your spouse was a PBGC established through a bankruptcy court. coverage as described in the instructions payee and died on August 20, 2020. You for line 1, later. are eligible to receive the HCTC as a Exception. Qualified health insurance recipient for coverage for August 2020 coverage doesn’t include any of the Note. If you are an eligible TAA, ATAA, or through December 2021, subject to the following. RTAA recipient or PBGC payee who other general HCTC requirements. If you • Any state-based coverage listed in enrolled in Medicare, you may be able to didn't have separate coverage for August, items 4a through 4g above unless it also take the HCTC for coverage of qualifying you are eligible to receive the HCTC as a meets the requirements of section 35(e) family members. You can receive the recipient for coverage for September 2020 (2). HCTC for the health plan premiums of through December 2021, subject to the • A flexible spending or similar your qualifying family member(s) for other general HCTC requirements. arrangement. eligible coverage months up to 24 months • Any insurance if substantially all of its from the month you enrolled in Medicare, coverage is of excepted benefits or until the first coverage month that begins on or after January 1, 2022, -2- Instructions for Form 8885 (2021) |
Page 3 of 6 Fileid: … ions/i8885/2021/a/xml/cycle04/source 10:43 - 1-Dec-2021 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. whichever comes first. In order to receive resided with each parent for an equal different coverage. For example, if you the HCTC, your qualifying family members number of nights in 2021, the custodial elect the HCTC for self-only COBRA must meet all of the requirements parent is the parent with the higher coverage in a month, you can take the described earlier. adjusted gross income for 2021. PTC for the Marketplace coverage of your • The child’s other parent can claim the family members for that same month if you Married Persons Filing child as a dependent under the rules for and your eligible family members are Separate Returns children of divorced or separated parents. otherwise eligible to take the PTC and the Your spouse isn’t treated as a qualifying See the Instructions for Forms 1040 and HCTC, as applicable. family member if you and your spouse file 1040-SR, or Pub. 501, Dependents, separate returns and either (1) or (2) Standard Deduction, and Filing You may also be able to claim the below applies. Information, for details. HCTC and the PTC for different coverage of the same individuals in different months 1. Your spouse was also an eligible Conversely, if you can claim your child of the year but need to apply the following TAA, ATAA, or RTAA recipient or PBGC as a dependent under the special rule for special instructions for completing Form payee in 2021. a child of divorced or separated parents 8962. If you elected to take the HCTC or 2. All of the following apply. but you aren’t the child’s custodial parent, received the benefit of advance payments a. You lived apart from your spouse the child isn’t your qualifying family of the HCTC for at least 1 month of the during the last 6 months of 2021. member for purposes of the HCTC. year and the individual(s) covered under the qualified health insurance coverage for b. A qualifying family member (other The child must also meet all the the HCTC were also enrolled in a qualified than your spouse) lived in your home for ! other conditions of a qualifying health plan offered through a Marketplace more than half of 2021. CAUTION family member, defined earlier, in for at least 1 other month of the year, order for you to claim the HCTC for the complete Form 8962 as provided in the c. You provided over half of the cost qualified health insurance coverage of the Form 8962 instructions, but: of keeping up your home. child. Figure your PTC for only those months • Children of Divorced or not checked on Form 8885, line 1; Participants in a Health Separated Parents • Complete Form 8962, column (f) of Insurance Marketplace Even if you can’t claim your child as a lines 12 through 23, for all months for dependent, he or she is treated as your A qualified health plan offered through a which advance payments of the premium qualifying family member for the HCTC if Marketplace isn’t qualified health tax credit (APTC) were made, even those both of the following apply. insurance coverage for the HCTC in 2021. months checked on Form 8885, line 1; • You were the child’s custodial parent. And you can’t take the premium tax credit and Generally, the custodial parent is the (PTC) for any months checked on line 1. • If you complete Form 8962, line 27 parent with whom the child resided for the However, subject to the general eligibility (Excess advance payment of PTC), greater number of nights in 2021. If the and election rules for the HCTC and the determine Form 8962, line 28 (Repayment counting nights rule applies, and the child PTC, you may be able to claim the PTC limitation), as follows. and the HCTC in the same month for Instructions for Form 8885 (2021) -3- |
Page 4 of 6 Fileid: … ions/i8885/2021/a/xml/cycle04/source 10:43 - 1-Dec-2021 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. IF . . . THEN . . . the amount on Form 8962, line 5, is 400 or more, leave Form 8962, line 28, blank and enter the amount from line 27 on line 29. the amount on Form 8962, line 24, is zero or blank, leave Form 8962, line 28, blank and enter the amount from line 27 on line 29. you didn’t receive the benefit of advance monthly payments of the HCTC, leave Form 8962, line 28, blank and enter the amount from line 27 on line 29. the amount on Form 8962, line 24, is greater than zero, after you complete Form 8962, line 27, complete Form 8885. and If you aren’t instructed to complete the Excess Advance HCTC Repayment Worksheet for Form 8885, line 5, add the amount from Form 8885, line 5, if any, to the applicable you received the benefit of advance monthly payments of the HCTC for repayment limitation provided in the instructions for Form 8962, line 28. Enter the result at least 1 month of the year for individual(s) who were enrolled in a on Form 8962, line 28, and complete Form 8962, line 29. qualified health plan offered through a Marketplace for at least 1 other month of the year, If you are instructed to complete the Excess Advance HCTC Repayment Worksheet for Form 8885, line 5, complete only lines 1 and 2 of the worksheet and do one of the following. (1) If line 1 of the worksheet is greater than or equal to line 2 of the worksheet: (a) Complete line 3 of the worksheet and enter the amount on Form 8885, line 5, and Schedule 3 (Form 1040), 1040-SS, or 1040-PR, as instructed; (b) On Form 8962, line 28, enter the sum of the amount on Form 8885, line 5, and the applicable repayment limitation provided in the instructions for Form 8962, line 28; and (c) Complete Form 8962, line 29. (2) If line 1 of the worksheet is less than line 2 of the worksheet: (a) Complete Form 8962, lines 28 and 29, using the applicable repayment limitation provided in the Instructions for Form 8962 without any adjustments; and (b) Using this information, complete lines 4 through 7 of the worksheet as instructed. See the Excess Advance HCTC Repayment Worksheet for details. a. You were eligible for qualified Line 2 Specific Instructions health insurance coverage (including any employer-sponsored health insurance If your qualified health insurance Line 1 plan of your spouse) (other than the ! coverage covers anyone other You must elect the HCTC to receive the coverage listed under item 3, 4a, or 4e in CAUTION than you and your qualifying benefit of the HCTC. Check the box for the the definition of Qualified Health Insurance family members, see Pub. 502, Medical first eligible coverage month you are Coverage, earlier) where the employer and Dental Expenses, before completing electing to take the HCTC. All of the would have paid 50% or more of the cost line 2 to determine which amounts are statements listed on the form, and as of the coverage. considered to be paid for coverage for you further explained in these instructions, b. You were covered under any and your qualifying family members. must be true as of the first day of that qualified health insurance coverage Enter the total amount of insurance month. You must also check the box for (including any employer-sponsored health premiums paid by you for coverage for each month after the election month for insurance plan of your spouse) (other than you and all qualifying family members which all of the statements listed on the the coverage listed under item 3, 4a, or 4e under Qualified Health Insurance form are true as of the first day of that in the definition of Qualified Health Coverage, earlier, for all eligible coverage month, even if you aren’t claiming the Insurance Coverage, earlier) and the months checked on line 1. But don’t HCTC for those months. employer paid any part of the cost of the include any insurance premiums paid by coverage. you to “US Treasury-HCTC.” Also don’t Employer-sponsored health insurance coverage. Don’t check the box for any Any amounts contributed to the include any advance monthly payments your health plan administrator received month that, as of the first day of the month, ! cost of coverage by you or your from the IRS, as shown on Form 1099-H, either (1) or (2) applies. CAUTION spouse on a pre-tax basis are 1. You were covered under any considered to have been paid by the box 1, or any insurance premiums you employer-sponsored health insurance employer. paid for which you received a reimbursement of the HCTC during the plan (including any employer-sponsored year by filing Form 14095. health insurance plan of your spouse) Example. You had health insurance (except insurance substantially all of the coverage under an employer-sponsored Example 1. You checked January on coverage of which is of excepted benefits health insurance plan as of October 1. The line 1. You paid $225 ($200 for basic described in section 9832(c)) and the employer paid 40% of the cost of the coverage and $25 for dental benefits employer paid 50% or more of the cost of coverage. You paid 60% of the cost of the which are purchased separately) directly the coverage. coverage through pre-tax contributions. to your health plan for your January You can’t take the HCTC for the month of coverage. The $25 you paid for dental 2. You were an eligible ATAA or October because the employer is benefits is ineligible for the HCTC. You RTAA recipient and either of the following considered to have paid 100% of the cost would include the $200 you paid for your applies. of the coverage. basic insurance on line 2. -4- Instructions for Form 8885 (2021) |
Page 5 of 6 Fileid: … ions/i8885/2021/a/xml/cycle04/source 10:43 - 1-Dec-2021 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. Excess Advance HCTC Repayment Worksheet—Line 5 1. Multiply the amount from Form 8885, line 4, by 72.5% (0.725) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 2. Enter the total advance monthly payments of the HCTC made on your behalf for coverage for any month not checked on Form 8885, line 1 (see Form 1099-H) and reimbursements of the HCTC you received by filing Form 14095 for any month not checked on Form 8885, line 1. If line 2 is greater than line 1, skip line 3 and go to line 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 3. Subtract line 2 from line 1. Enter the result here and on: • Form 8885, line 5; and • Schedule 3 (Form 1040), line 13c; Form 1040-SS, line 10; or Form 1040-PR, line 10. Don’t complete the rest of this worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. 4. Subtract line 1 from line 2. Enter the result here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. 5. Consider all the individual(s) covered under the health insurance coverage for which you received the benefit of the advance monthly payments of the HCTC during the year. Were any of those individual(s) also enrolled in a qualified health plan offered through a Marketplace for at least 1 other month of the year? • Yes. Complete Form 8962 using the special instructions under Participants in a Health Insurance Marketplace, earlier. Go to line 6. • No. Skip line 6. Enter the amount from line 4 on line 7. 6. Is the amount on Form 8962, line 5, less than 400 AND the amount on Form 8962, line 24, greater than zero? • Yes. IF . . . THEN enter on line 6 . . . Form 8962, line 28, is blank, the sum of Form 8962, line 26, and the applicable repayment limitation provided in the instructions for Form 8962, line 28. Form 8962, line 28, isn’t blank, Form 8962, line 28, reduced by Form 8962, line 29. Note. If you are married filing jointly and both you and your spouse must file Forms 8885, one spouse should figure their repayment limitation on line 6 of this worksheet. If line 6 is greater than line 7, enter the difference on line 6 of the second spouse’s worksheet. Otherwise, enter zero on lines 6 and 7 of the second spouse’s worksheet. • No. Leave line 6 blank. Enter the amount from line 4 on line 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. 7. If you entered an amount on line 6, enter the smaller of line 4 or line 6 here. Also enter the items below where indicated. IF you’re filing . . . THEN include the amount on AND enter “HCTC” and the amount on line 7 . . . line 7 in the total entered on . . . Form 1040, 1040-SR, or line 16 in the space next to box on line 16; then check box .3 3 1040-NR, Form 1040-SS or 1040-PR, line 6 on the dotted line next to line 6. Then, on Form 8885, line 5, enter the line 7 amount as a negative number by enclosing it in parentheses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. Example 2. You checked December Line 5 received the benefit of an advance on line 1. You participated in the advance If the resulting amount from line 5 is monthly payment for any month not monthly payment program and paid only negative, zero, or blank, you can’t claim checked on line 1 (see Form 1099-H) or $88 (27.5%) of your $320 December the HCTC on your income tax return. received a reimbursement of the HCTC premium to “US Treasury-HCTC.” You However, you must still file Form 8885 to during the year by filing Form 14095 for received a Form 1099-H showing an elect the HCTC for any months you any month not checked on line 1. You advance payment of $232 (72.5% of the participated in the advance monthly must reduce the amount on line 5 by the $320 premium) for your December payment program. total of these payments. Use the Excess coverage. You wouldn’t include any part of Advance HCTC Repayment Worksheet to the December coverage premium on line 2 You received an excess advance figure the amount of the excess advance because you already received the benefit monthly payment of the HCTC if you monthly payment that you must repay. of the advance monthly payment program for December. You must still file Form 8885 to elect the HCTC for December. Instructions for Form 8885 (2021) -5- |
Page 6 of 6 Fileid: … ions/i8885/2021/a/xml/cycle04/source 10:43 - 1-Dec-2021 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. Required Documents count towards the HCTC, such as dental cost of the coverage (TAA recipients and If you claim any HCTC on line 5, you must or vision coverage or coverage for family PBGC payees) or made no contributions provide verifiable proof for each month members who aren’t eligible for the HCTC, to the cost of coverage (ATAA and RTAA you are claiming the credit on line 2 that your documentation must also specify recipients). your health insurance coverage is those ineligible amounts. E-filed return. If you e-file, you can qualified health insurance coverage for the 3. Proof of payment for each month attach a copy of any required documents HCTC and that you paid premiums for the you are claiming the credit on line 2, such to an electronically filed return as a PDF if qualified health insurance coverage by as:** your tax software supports it, or you must attaching the documents listed below to a. Canceled checks (copy of front and attach those documents to Form 8453, your Form 8885. No documents are back), U.S. Individual Income Tax Transmittal for required if you file Form 8885 only to elect b. Bank statements, an IRS e-file Return, and mail them to the the HCTC for months you participated in IRS according to the instructions for that the advance monthly payment program. c. Credit card statements, or form. d. Money orders. All health plans. For all health plans, Example 1. You checked June and you must include all of the following **Your proof of payment must indicate July on line 1. Your insurance coverage for documents. the amount paid and to whom it was paid. each month costs $750 ($500 for you and 1. An official letter reflecting that you If you don’t have one of these types of $250 for your qualifying family members). were an eligible individual for the months proof of payment, contact your health plan You paid $750 directly to your health plan claimed on line 2 in 2021. for a record of your payment(s). for your June coverage. You then paid $206.25 (27.5% of the $750 premium) for • For trade-certified individuals COBRA coverage. You must include your July coverage as part of the advance demonstrating TAA, ATAA, or RTAA the information under All health plans, monthly payment program. Your health eligibility—A copy of the official letter from earlier, and one of the following plan administrator received an advance the Department of Labor, your state documents. payment of $543.75 (72.5% of the $750 workforce agency, or employment office stating you are eligible for trade 1. A copy of your completed and premium) from the IRS for your July adjustment benefits. signed COBRA Election Letter. It may also coverage. You received a Form 1099-H • For PBGC eligibility—A copy of the be called a COBRA Enrollment Form, showing an advance payment of $543.75 official letter or a copy of your 2021 Form Application Form, Enrollment Application for your July coverage. You would include 1099-R, Distributions From Pensions, for Continuing Coverage, or Election the $750 you paid for your June coverage Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing Agreement. on line 2. You wouldn’t include any part of Plans, IRAs, Insurance Contracts, etc., 2. A letter from your former employer the July coverage premium on line 2 from the PBGC showing you received a or COBRA administrator saying you have because you already received the benefit benefit paid by the PBGC. COBRA coverage. The letter must have: of the advance monthly payment program for July. You must attach copies of your 2. A copy of your health insurance a. The COBRA coverage start and health insurance bills and proof of bills or COBRA payment coupons for each end dates; payment for the June coverage for you month you are claiming the credit on b. Name of the health plan; and your qualifying family members line 2.* The bills must have: c. Your home address; and totaling $750, along with any other a. Your name (or name of the policy d. Covered family members, their required documents. You don’t need to holder), dates of birth, their relationship to you, and attach documents for your July coverage. b. The name of your health plan, their social security numbers. Example 2. You checked March and c. Your monthly premium amount, 3. A copy of “Notice of Rights to April on line 1. Your insurance coverage d. Dates of coverage, and Continue Coverage.” for each month costs $750 ($500 for you and $250 for your qualifying family e. Your health plan identification Coverage through your spouse’s members). You paid $750 directly to your number(s). employer. You must include the health plan for each month. You would *If your health plan doesn’t provide information under All health plans, earlier, include $1,500 on line 2 for the March and members with an insurance bill or COBRA and the following documents. April coverage. You must attach copies of payment coupon, you must provide health • Copies of paycheck stubs showing the your health insurance bills and proof of plan enrollment documents or an official health coverage deductions for each payment for the March and April coverage letter from your health plan that has the month you are claiming the credit on for you and your qualifying family required information listed under items 2a line 2. members totaling $1,500 ($750 for each through 2e above. If your monthly • A letter or other statement from your month), along with any other required premium includes amounts that don’t spouse’s employer that states the documents. employer contributed less than 50% of the -6- Instructions for Form 8885 (2021) |