E1:08: 2020 ACA Plan Start Month is Required (Doc ID 2747443.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 16, 2021

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Symptoms

For 2020, the Plan Start month is a required field. Previously, it was optional. Here's the text from the IRS instructions:

Plan Start Month. This box is required for the 2020 Form 1095-C and the ALE Member may not leave it blank. To complete the box, enter the two-digit number (01 through 12) indicating the calendar month during which the plan year begins of the health plan in which the employee is offered coverage (or would be offered coverage if the employee were eligible to participate in the plan). If more than one plan year could apply (for instance, if the ALE Member changes the plan year during the year), enter the earliest applicable month. If there is no health plan under which coverage is offered to the employee, enter ’00’.

Steps:

1. In P08120, built 1095C records. Verified that Plan Start Month populated as blank in P08119.
2.Printed 1095C records. Verified that Plan Start Month populated as blank in 1095C pdf.
3.Ran R08121A and built the 1094C records. Observed the records in P08121.
4.In P08140, built transmission.
5.Submitted both Form Data xml and Manifest xml. Observed that the Form Data xml populated the StartMonthNumberCd as blank

Cause

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