The tax preparer is offering customers advice and estimates
about what their insurance costs might be once changes kick in in 2014.
Los Angeles Times: Tax Help Comes With Health Insurance
Advice
Derrick Bean filed his income taxes at an H&R Block
office in Los Angeles this month, and the 26-year-old left with something
unexpected: a price quote on federally subsidized health insurance. Using the
information from his 2012 return, a tax advisor told the actor and waiter that
he would qualify for significant government help and pay only about $65 a month
in premiums under the federal healthcare law. If he skips coverage, H&R
Block warned him, he faces a $95 tax penalty next year and $356 the following
year (Terhune, 2/11).
Earlier KHN Coverage: Not Too Early To Plan For Health
Taxes, H&R Block Says (Hancock, 1/14).
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