These people might face a surprise health insurance tax this year
John Fedele
This year, the IRS will let you slide on a penalty if you didn’t have health insurance in 2019.
Your home state, on the other hand, may not be so forgiving.
The 2019 tax year marks the first time that filers won’t be required to carry qualifying health-care coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
As recently as the 2018 tax year, people who went without coverage were assessed a fee…