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HOPE2
Level 7
September 25, 2023
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1120-S shareholder health insurance premuim

  • September 25, 2023
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Hi to all and @TaxGuyBill. I searched to find out my answer regarding health insurance premium for shareholder employee. Thanks @TaxGuyBill for this which I found it : On the K-1 worksheet, there is a section about health insurance.  Because of the 1095-A you DON'T enter the cost of insurance there, but you DO need to enter the Medicare Wages (Box 5 of the W-2) in that section of the K-1 worksheet.

Could please help me what section exactly on K1 you meant? I scrolled up & down did not see any box related Health insurance shareholder.

If the amount of box 5 of the W-2 is $60000 and box 1 is $72000 and box 14 (health insurance premium) is $12000 what number should be on that box? Box 14 or Box 5?

This is my first time to enter health primum on K1 and I did not find related box on it so please help me to find it out. 

2- When we take look on 1095-A , the diffrence between column A and C should be equal box 14 of W-2, I am asking just better understanding the figures, am I right?

3- When I searched here, our community, I found one said it comes with code AC on K1 and the other said, 

  1. Go to Form 1120-S, page 3-5, Schedule K,  Line 17.
  2. Scroll down to the Other Items to be Reported on Schedules K-1 Smart Worksheet.
  3. Manually enter the description "Self Employed Health Insurance" and the amount paid on the Line A expanding table. But if I do it, the number goes in Supplemental Information Smart  worksheet not on any k1's box. Let ask you guys when S-Corp paid premium for shareholders the cost goes on line 18 page 1 and also shareholders should have on their W-2 which add up to wages. I think the only part I missed is K1! that I confused for. And when 1095-A received should linked to K1 S-corp. What else should I do it for? So sorry for taking your time and I really appreciate it.
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IRonMaN
Level 15
September 25, 2023

Based on the questions you are asking about an 1120S return, it doesn't appear that you have prepared that type of return in the past.  You really need to reconsider if you have the skills that you need to prepare the return properly and should seriously consider referring the client elsewhere.

Slava Ukraini!
Level 15
September 25, 2023

@HOPE2 wrote:

Could please help me what section exactly on K1 you meant? I scrolled up & down did not see any box related Health insurance shareholder.

Box 14 or Box 5?

2- When we take look on 1095-A , the diffrence between column A and C should be equal box 14 of W-2, I am asking just better understanding the figures, am I right?

3- When I searched here, our community, I found one said it comes with code AC on K1 and the other said, ... not on any k1's box.

  1. Let ask you guys when S-Corp paid premium for shareholders the cost goes on line 18 page 1 and also shareholders should have on their W-2 which add up to wages.appreciate it.

 

Right above line 1 of the K-1 worksheet is a "Quickzoom" for the health insurance.

It will ask for both the amount of insurance ($12,000) and also Medicare wages in Box 5 of the W-2.  But if there is a 1095-A, DON'T enter the cost of insurance ($12,000) there; only enter the Medicare wages.  As you said, you 'link' the 1095-A to the K-1, and that will do it. 

Box 14 of the W-2 shows the amount that the corporation paid for insurance.  In my opinion, the corporation is eligible to reimburse the full amount of premiums (column A of the 1095-A), but if did not reimburse that full amount, it should show whatever amount it actually reimbursed.  If the corporation did not reimburse the full amount of the premium, that could possibly limit the amount of the Self Employed Health Insurance deduction.

As far as I know, the insurance will not show up on the K-1.  It only shows up in Box 14 of the W-2, but it is fine (and probably a good idea) to include a supplementary statement about it if the corporation has other shareholders that are not your client.

Make sure the corporation only deducts the health insurance once.  One page 1 of the 1120-S, don't add it to both wages and for employee benefits.  Only do one of them.

 

 

HOPE2
HOPE2Author
Level 7
September 25, 2023

Thanks, but still I could not find it, right above line 1 for Quickzoom on K1 worksheet, could you please post an screenshot of that area.

 

Level 15
September 25, 2023

You are entering the K-1 into the 1040 program, right? About an inch above line/box 1 of the K-1 entry, is a line that mentions health insurance and has a Quickzoom button.

Again, this is on the 1040 input of the K-1, not the corporate return.