{"id":4770,"date":"2014-09-29T11:58:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T15:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/?p=4770"},"modified":"2014-09-17T12:00:10","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T16:00:10","slug":"go-blue-avoid-paying-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2014\/09\/go-blue-avoid-paying-penalties\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Blue – Avoid Paying Penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"

GO BLUE \u2013 AVOID UPCOMING TAX PENALTIES<\/p>\n

In 2014, the Affordable Care Act<\/a> mandates that all taxpayers purchase health insurance<\/a> or pay a tax penalty when reconciling taxes.\u00a0 In addition, the penalty will increase every year until 2016.\u00a0 Below is a list of the graduating tax penalty as outlined in the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n

\"Taxes<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 2014: a minimum of $95 per year or up to 1% of annual individual income (whichever is greater)<\/p>\n

\u2022 2015: a minimum of $325 per year or up to 2% of annual individual income (whichever is greater)<\/p>\n

\u20222016: a minimum of $695 per year or up to 2.5% of annual individual income (whichever is greater)<\/p>\n

To avoid having to pay these penalties, get your Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina FREE RATE QUOTE<\/a> today.\u00a0 BCBSNC offers a variety of health insurance plans and premiums that will work for both you and your budget.\u00a0 To find the plan that suits you best, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

For more information on health insurance coverage in North Carolina, please visit our website at www.nchealthplans.com<\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our professional agents. Our agency provides coverage for health insurance in North Carolina through Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC). It would be our pleasure to help you navigate through the Health Care Reform changes in accordance with the new regulations of Obamacare<\/a>. Call us for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GO BLUE \u2013 AVOID UPCOMING TAX PENALTIES In 2014, the Affordable Care Act mandates that all taxpayers purchase health insurance or pay a tax penalty when reconciling taxes.\u00a0 In addition, the penalty will increase every year until 2016.\u00a0 Below is a list of the graduating tax penalty as outlined in the Affordable Care Act. \u2022 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[525,23,598],"class_list":["post-4770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affordable-care-act-aca","tag-affordable-care-act","tag-bcbsnc","tag-tax-penalty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4770"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4780,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770\/revisions\/4780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}