Configure the Form 1095-C Template

When preparing to print Form 1095-C, you have a couple configuration options.

  • Print using ComplyRight paper stock with preprinted instructions

  • Mask Social Security Numbers (SSNs)

If you're using ComplyRight paper stock

If you're using ComplyRight plain white paper stock with preprinted instructions, you must edit the predefined template to remove the instructions.

  1. Configure the 1095-C template.

    1. From Tools, click Reports and Analytics.

    2. Click >>, and select Shared Folders.

    3. Expand Human Capital Management, Benefits, US, and then ACA.

    4. Click Edit for the 1095-C template.

      • The print folder is 1095c, and the template is 1095c_print_YYYY.

      • The online folder is US1095c, and the template is 1095c_online_YYYY.

      Where YYYY is the reporting year.

    5. Click Edit for the selected template.

      This downloads the template as an RTF file. Save it to an appropriate location.

    6. Open the file in a text editor, such as Microsoft Word.

    7. On the second page, navigate to the count CoveredIndividualGrp entry.

    8. Move it to after the PrintInstructionsEP entry on the first page.

    9. Delete the page that provides the instructions.

    10. Confirm that Page 3 has changed to Page 2.

    11. Save the template with a new name.

  2. Upload the template.

    1. From Reports and Analytics, click >> and select Shared Folders.

    2. Expand Custom, Human Capital Management, Payroll, Regulatory and Tax Reporting, US, and then Year End.

    3. Select +Add New Layout.

    4. In Upload or Generate Layout, click Upload.

    5. In Upload Template File, enter or select the following.

      Field name

      What you do

      Layout Name

      Enter a memorable name.

      Template File

      Select the file you just saved.

      Type

      Select RTF Template.

      Locale

      Select English.

    6. Click Upload.

If you need to mask Social Security Numbers

You mask social security numbers (SSNs) on Form 1095-C with Mask Social Security Number on ACA Form at the legislative data group (LDG), payroll statutory unit (PSU), and tax reporting unit (TRU) levels. The effective date for this field determines how the report displays SSNs in the reporting year.

Note:

SSNs aren't masked on Form 1094-C.

Employee social security numbers (SSNs) are masked on Form 1095-C based on this hierarchy.

LDG

PSU

TRU

What SSNs are masked

No

Null

Null

None

No

Yes

Null

Only SSNs on the PSU

No

Null

Yes

Only SSNs on the TRU

Yes

Null

Null

All

Yes

No

Null

All except SSNs on the PSU

Yes

Null

No

All except SSNs on the TRU