Help! Health Care tax question for adult student dependent
Got a Health Coverage tax 1040 question from when the Health Insurance Mandate was still in effect...
I'm doing taxes from a couple years ago (finally -- don't ask). Had a grandchild living with us who was over 20, taking classes at a local college, and job-hunting. During this period he only managed to work a couple short-term jobs. I'm planning to claim him as a dependent since putting a roof over his head and food on the table was way more than 50% of his upkeep. I work and have employer-based health insurance for me and my spouse; grandson was never on my plan. So he was not meeting the health insurance mandate at that time.
Now, in order for me to claim him as a dependent, I need to be able to say everyone in my "tax household" had qualified coverage or an exemption for all 12 months of the year. Since he had neither, I can't check that box -- but I COULD attach form 8695 and make a "responsibility share payment," which is like $1800. But that payment is technically HIS responsibility, not mine. But as far as I know, he did not file taxes that year, because he wasn't working. (I know, I know, he's *supposed* to have filed, but I know he didn't.)
So what are my options here? I feel I should be able to claim him due to the financial support I provided, but I do *not* feel I should be on the hook for his ACA penalty.
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