The federal government sent inaccurate tax information to approximately 800,000 people who signed up for health insurance through HealthCare.gov.
The forms contained incorrect benchmark premiums, which are used with projected incomes to determine the tax credits consumers will receive to subsidize the cost of their premiums.
Although taxpayers who filed returns using the inaccurate information are not required to amend their returns, they can do so if they believe the updated data will give them a bigger refund, a U.S. Treasury Department official told The New York Times.
According to the report, CMS encourages people who received the inaccurate information but have not yet filed their returns to wait until they receive a new 1095-A, which should be mailed early next month.
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