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IRS.gov and Social Media Resources Help Individual Taxpayers Understand ACA

Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service

The IRS knows that you want to understand how the health care law may affect you when filing your taxes next year. When questions come up, IRS.gov/aca is a great place for you to begin finding the answers you need – when you need them.  

At IRS.gov/aca, you’ll find frequently asked questions, legal guidance, and links to other useful sites. You can also access valuable information about specific topics, including the premium tax credit and individual shared responsibility provision for individuals.

Resources for Individuals and Families

You can use social media tools to find  information about the health care law. 

Health care tax tips come out weekly, and provide information about how ACA affects your taxes. You can also browse our health care tax tip archive.

Our step-by-step charts and graphics will help you understand ACA and its tax-related provisions

The Interactive Tax Assistant tool is a tax law resource that takes you through a series of questions and provides you with responses to tax law questions.

Electronic publications covering topics to help you understand ACA:

Our questions and answers cover a wide range of topics related to the health care law:

The Taxpayer Advocate Service Estimator tools assist you in estimating credits and payments related to the Affordable Care Act.

You can access a web-based IRS flyer, Health Care Law Online Resources, for links to other federal agencies that also have a role in the health care law.

We also translate many of our ACA resources into Spanish; they are available at Disposiciones Tributarias de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio.

Issue Number:    HCTT-2016-63