This survey displays the percentage of U.S. adults that are aware of the requirement to report health insurance status on tax returns, as of March 2015. Some 11 percent of adults believed this requirement had begun last year concerning the 2013 taxes. The right answer is that the requirement starts in 2015 concerning the 2014 taxes. Many citizens still claim that the Affordable Care Act has had minimal impacts on their family health care. The opinion on this law remains fairly divided across the country.
Knowledge of reporting health insurance on tax return and tax penalties among U.S. adults as of March 2015
Original question: "As you may know, the law requires nearly all Americans to have health insurance or else pay a fine when they file their taxes. As far as you know, did the requirement to report your health insurance status on your tax return take effect last year, that is for filing 2013 taxes, this year, that is for filing 2014 taxes, or does it take effect next year for 2015 taxes?"
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (March 19, 2015). Knowledge of reporting health insurance on tax return and tax penalties among U.S. adults as of March 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 06, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/417898/awareness-of-declaring-health-insurance-status-and-tax-penalty-among-us-adults/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Knowledge of reporting health insurance on tax return and tax penalties among U.S. adults as of March 2015." Chart. March 19, 2015. Statista. Accessed July 06, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/417898/awareness-of-declaring-health-insurance-status-and-tax-penalty-among-us-adults/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2015). Knowledge of reporting health insurance on tax return and tax penalties among U.S. adults as of March 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 06, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/417898/awareness-of-declaring-health-insurance-status-and-tax-penalty-among-us-adults/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Knowledge of Reporting Health Insurance on Tax Return and Tax Penalties among U.S. Adults as of March 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Mar 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/417898/awareness-of-declaring-health-insurance-status-and-tax-penalty-among-us-adults/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Knowledge of reporting health insurance on tax return and tax penalties among U.S. adults as of March 2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/417898/awareness-of-declaring-health-insurance-status-and-tax-penalty-among-us-adults/ (last visited July 06, 2022)
