1099-Misc Box 6 I live and work in Massachusetts and am not self-employed. I received a 1099-Misc from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which included an amount in Box 6- Medical and Health Care Payments. In 2014 I received payments for the reimbursement of health insurance costs. My employer pays for 50% of my health insurance. Massachusetts had a program which helped pay for health insurance costs for people whose income was under a certain level. Previously the state of MA made these payments directly to my employer who reduced how much I paid out of my paycheck each week for health insurance. The state changed this and started to issue checks directly to the employees to offset costs of health insurance.
EX: Weekly in 2013 for my health insurance my employer paid $50, I paid $13 out of my paycheck, and my employer received $37 per week from the state of MA to reimburse them for the difference.
Weekly in 2014 for my health insurance my employer paid $50 and I paid $50 out of my paycheck. Monthly I would get a check from the state of MA for $150 instead of my employer.
If I enter this information when doing my taxes in box 6 of the 1099-Misc it then wants me to enter self-employment information and then complete schedule C. Am I suppose to enter this amount somewhere else on my tax return? Do I even have to claim this at all on my tax return? Is this even taxable income? |