Explore the Form 1095-B preparation workflow for ACA health coverage reporting. Review import templates, coverage fields, and relevant recipient copies. This program uses IRS AIR rather than IRIS; Choose the ACA release that matches your filing year and reporting requirements.
ACA software is a separate IRS AIR filing workflow. Confirm pricing, supported filing-year outputs, and current release availability before purchase.
The separate ACA Windows program manages structured imports, record review, recipient output where applicable, and filing-output preparation. Form 1095-B is handled inside the separate ACA software workflow rather than as a disconnected web form.
Whether you are working with a few records or a spreadsheet batch, this guide focuses on the actual reporting data behind IRS Form 1095-B. It complements the Windows software workflow and helps you identify issues to review before printing or preparing an upload.
A health coverage provider assembles policyholder and covered-individual records for a coverage year, including coverage months.
Who needs this: Health insurers and providers of qualifying minimum essential coverage preparing returns in a repeatable Windows workflow.
Form distinction: 1095-B is ACA minimum essential coverage reporting and is transmitted using IRS AIR, not IRIS.
Before uploading a 1095-B Excel spreadsheet, check these form-specific source columns against the IRS instructions and supported import template:
Why it matters: CSV column structure, names, tax identification numbers, codes and amounts must match the current IRS or agency rules. A locally prepared file still requires agency acceptance.
1095-B is ACA minimum essential coverage reporting and is transmitted using IRS AIR, not IRIS.
For electronic submission, use IRS ACA Information Returns (AIR) and confirm current AIR file specifications. The Windows program prepares records; it is not the agency website and does not by itself transmit returns.
Import supported data, review the 1095-B records, and prepare the applicable output. This reporting category uses the ACA filing workflow; verify the current release and exact form capability before buying.
Official filing-system and form instructions: IRS electronic filing information. The software does not decide whether a payment is reportable. Verify the form instructions and filing-year specifications before filing.
Use a repeatable local workflow for importing, reviewing, correcting, and preparing recipient-facing output before the separate IRS AIR filing step.
Bring structured 1095-B data into the software from a spreadsheet or system export.
Check required values and formatting issues that 1099ERICH can identify locally before you move to the separate electronic filing step.
Use the same reviewed records to prepare the applicable employee, responsible-individual, or recipient statements.
The normal preparation workflow runs locally on Windows rather than requiring you to upload the source spreadsheet to a 1099ERICH web account.
Forms 1094-B and 1095-B are electronically filed through the IRS ACA Information Returns (AIR) system. They are not filed through the IRIS Taxpayer Portal. AIR electronic filing follows IRS ACA schemas, business rules, enrollment, testing, and transmitter requirements that are separate from the 1099ERICH desktop preparation workflow.
What 1099ERICH does: imports structured 1095-B data, supports local review and validation checks, and prepares recipient-facing output in the Windows desktop workflow.
What 1099ERICH does not claim on this page: This page does not represent that the current release creates AIR XML, connects directly to AIR, or transmits Forms 1094-B/1095-B to the IRS. If AIR XML or transmission support is added to a future release, it should be identified separately for the applicable tax year.
1095-B filers commonly include health coverage providers, insurers, government agencies, and other entities with Form 1095-B reporting responsibilities.
Answers specific to aca health coverage records, software preparation, and the correct filing workflow.
Common filers include health insurers and providers of qualifying minimum essential coverage. For example: A health coverage provider assembles policyholder and covered-individual records for a coverage year, including coverage months.
Prepare responsible individual TIN or date of birth; covered individuals; coverage months; policy issuer data; issuer contact details. Match the data to the supported 1095-B CSV or Excel layout and check the current agency instructions.
Check person-level coverage indicators; confirm tax-year requirements; do not replace the IRS AIR data flow with an IRIS CSV.. Correct the source records and review the output before filing.
No. ACA electronic filing uses IRS AIR according to the applicable specifications.
Electronic filing follows the requirements of IRS ACA Information Returns (AIR). Confirm current AIR file specifications. Preparing the file in Windows is separate from submitting it to the agency.
No. 1099ERICH lists Form 1095-B within the 1099ERICH Windows software. Review the download page for release availability and actual supported functionality before purchase.
ACA software uses its own reporting workflow. Contact us about pricing and release availability for Form 1095-B.
ACA is a separate Windows product for Forms 1095-B and 1095-C. The preparation workflow imports Excel files, reviews coverage records, and supports recipient-form printing. The ACA program is not an IRS IRIS CSV product.
Electronic ACA submission uses the IRS AIR system. AIR XML manifest and data files are tax-year and release dependent. Before relying on a particular installation for tax year 2026 submission, confirm that its output supports the current AIR schemas, the applicable Form 1094 transmittal, and the filing method you intend to use. Purchasing software alone does not submit returns to the IRS.
Software and filing service are separate WooCommerce products. The filing service requires secure intake and confirmation of scope.