Explore the Form 1095-C 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-C 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-C. It complements the Windows software workflow and helps you identify issues to review before printing or preparing an upload.
An applicable large employer imports employee coverage offers and monthly code selections and must keep offer, affordability and covered-person data aligned.
Who needs this: Applicable large employers, payroll providers and aca compliance teams preparing returns in a repeatable Windows workflow.
Form distinction: 1095-C is employer ACA reporting through IRS AIR rather than an IRIS information-return CSV.
Before uploading a 1095-C 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-C is employer ACA reporting through IRS AIR rather than an IRIS information-return CSV.
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-C 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 employee-facing output before the separate IRS AIR filing step.
Bring structured 1095-C 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-C and 1095-C 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-C data, supports local review and validation checks, and prepares employee-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-C/1095-C 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-C filers commonly include applicable large employers and other organizations with Form 1095-C reporting responsibilities.
Answers specific to aca employer coverage records, software preparation, and the correct filing workflow.
Common filers include applicable large employers, payroll providers and ACA compliance teams. For example: An applicable large employer imports employee coverage offers and monthly code selections and must keep offer, affordability and covered-person data aligned.
Prepare employee name and TIN; monthly offer-of-coverage codes; employee required contribution; safe harbor codes; covered individuals if self-insured. Match the data to the supported 1095-C CSV or Excel layout and check the current agency instructions.
Review monthly code combinations; reconcile employee eligibility with payroll and benefits feeds; prepare the related 1094-C transmission.. Correct the source records and review the output before filing.
No. Employer ACA filing ordinarily also involves the applicable Form 1094-C transmittal and current AIR requirements.
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-C 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-C.
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.
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