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26 U.S.C. § 6056

Certain employers required to report on health insurance coverage

United States · Title 26 — INTERNAL REVENUE CODE · Status: effective

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26 U.S.C. § 6056, Certain employers required to report on health insurance coverage, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/464003
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Every applicable large employer required to meet the requirements of section 4980H with respect to its full-time employees during a calendar year shall, at such time as the Secretary may prescribe, make a return described in subsection (b). A return is described in this subsection if such return— contains— if the employer certifies that the employer did offer to its full-time employees (and their dependents) the opportunity to so enroll— Every person required to make a return under subsection (a) shall furnish to each full-time employee whose name is required to be set forth in such return under subsection (b)(2)(E) a written statement showing— The written statement required under paragraph (1) shall be furnished on or before January 31 of the year following the calendar year for which the return under subsection (a) was required to be made. For purposes of this subsection, any person required to make a return under subsection (a) shall be treated as timely furnishing the written statement required under paragraph (1) if— such person, on request of any such individual, furnishes a copy of such statement to such individual not later than the later of— An individual shall be deemed to have consented to receive the statement under this subsection in electronic form if such individual has affirmatively consented at any prior time, to the person who is the employer of the individual during the calendar year to which the statement relates, to receive such statement in electronic form. The preceding sentence shall not apply if the individual revokes such consent in writing. To the maximum extent feasible, the Secretary may provide that— In the case of any applicable large employer which is a governmental unit or any agency or instrumentality thereof, the person appropriately designated for purposes of this section shall make the returns and statements required by this section. For purposes of this section, any term used in this section which is also used in section 4980H shall have the meaning given such term by section 4980H.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 111-148(H.R. 3590)2010-03-23
    Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • Amended byPub. L. 112-10(H.R. 1473)2011-04-15
    Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
  • Amended byPub. L. 118-168(H.R. 3801)2024-12-23
    Employer Reporting Improvement Act
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 118-167(H.R. 3797)2024-12-23
    Paperwork Burden Reduction Act
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally