Affordable Care Act (ACA) Reporting
If you are an Applicable Large Employer (ALE) in the United States, you must comply with Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting requirements. The ACA Reporting SuiteApp lets you set up and track the health coverage offered to full-time employees. Then, you can electronically file the required health care coverage forms (1094–C and 1095–C) with the IRS.
ACA reporting is required for ALEs, or employers with 50 or more full-time or full-time-equivalent employees. Employees count as full-time if they work at least 30 hours a week or 130 hours a month on average.
The SuiteApp lets you record and track employee health care information all year as employees are hired, finish probation, and get offered coverage. At year end, you review and adjust the information as needed, before printing and distributing forms to employees and filing forms electronically with the IRS.
For more information about ACA reporting requirements, go to https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i109495c.
The 2021 version of the ACA SuiteApp adds two more offer of coverage plans: 1T and 1U. For more information, see Assigning an ACA Offer of Coverage Plan to an Employee. For more information about coverage codes, visit https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i109495c.
Important: For the 2024 reporting year, the filing deadline is January 2, 2024.
ACA Reporting SuiteApp Features
The ACA Reporting SuiteApp enables you to do the following:
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View employees' average hours during specific measurement periods to help determine full-time equivalent status.
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Specify health coverage plans for groups of full-time employees at once, or for individuals as they become eligible.
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Review the information you'll submit to the IRS on the 1094–C and 1095–C forms. Preview each form individually and see a detailed report.
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Send the ACA information for electronic IRS filing, and print and distribute the forms to employees.
The following topics provide details about the ACA filing process: