• Obamacare PTC in year you turn 65

    From Roger Fitzsimmons@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 30 22:09:19 2021
    The Obamacare premium tax credit depends of course on your income. Is there any adjustment to this calculation in the year you turn 65 and exit Obamacare for Medicare?

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Roger Fitzsimmons on Tue Jun 8 16:25:44 2021
    On 5/30/21 7:09 PM, Roger Fitzsimmons wrote:
    The Obamacare premium tax credit depends of course on your income. Is there any adjustment to this calculation in the year you turn 65 and exit Obamacare for Medicare?

    There is no adjustment per se. The calculations compute the annual
    amount. That amount then gets spread equally by month. So, assuming you
    stop the subsidy (advance premium tax credit) in the last month you have
    ACA insurance, the tax return reconciliation to determine your net
    premium tax credit (more credit or pay back money) will only use the
    months you were on an ACA health plan.

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  • From Roger Fitzsimmons@21:1/5 to Alan on Tue Jun 15 19:12:53 2021
    On Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 4:28:04 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 5/30/21 7:09 PM, Roger Fitzsimmons wrote:
    The Obamacare premium tax credit depends of course on your income. Is there any adjustment to this calculation in the year you turn 65 and exit Obamacare for Medicare?

    There is no adjustment per se. The calculations compute the annual
    amount. That amount then gets spread equally by month. So, assuming you
    stop the subsidy (advance premium tax credit) in the last month you have
    ACA insurance, the tax return reconciliation to determine your net
    premium tax credit (more credit or pay back money) will only use the
    months you were on an ACA health plan.

    So if you are on Obamacare for 6 months, your "Annual Contribution" will be calculated based on your full year's income, but then divided by 2? But if your income is significantly different in the first half of the year versus the second half, that
    wouldn't be taken into account?

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Roger Fitzsimmons on Wed Jun 16 13:01:32 2021
    On 6/15/21 4:12 PM, Roger Fitzsimmons wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 4:28:04 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 5/30/21 7:09 PM, Roger Fitzsimmons wrote:
    The Obamacare premium tax credit depends of course on your income. Is there any adjustment to this calculation in the year you turn 65 and exit Obamacare for Medicare?

    There is no adjustment per se. The calculations compute the annual
    amount. That amount then gets spread equally by month. So, assuming you
    stop the subsidy (advance premium tax credit) in the last month you have
    ACA insurance, the tax return reconciliation to determine your net
    premium tax credit (more credit or pay back money) will only use the
    months you were on an ACA health plan.

    So if you are on Obamacare for 6 months, your "Annual Contribution" will be calculated based on your full year's income, but then divided by 2? But if your income is significantly different in the first half of the year versus the second half, that
    wouldn't be taken into account?

    Reconciliation is based on your annual income. The resultant number is
    then divided by 12 to get the monthly amounts. Assuming you timed it
    perfectly, 6 months on and then 6 months off ACA insurance when you went
    on Medicare, your 1095-X would just show data in the columns for January through June.

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