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What are the deadlines for the ACA’s open enrollment period?
A list of the open enrollment deadlines for enrollment in 2025 ACA-compliant health insurance in every state. Open enrollment runs from November 1 to January 15 in most states, but some state-run exchanges have different schedules.

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Will you receive an ACA premium subsidy?
See if you're eligible for the Affordable Care Act's premium tax credits (premium subsidies), how subsidies are calculated, and why they are more robust than they used to be.

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What is a filing threshold?

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What is a filing threshold?

The filing threshold is the minimum amount of income you must earn in order to be required to file a federal income tax return. The amount varies depending on whether you’re under 65, your marital status, and whether you have dependent children (ie, your filing status: single, head of household, married filing jointly, married filing separately, or qualifying widow(er) with dependent children).

The IRS has a page that shows tax filing thresholds for each filing status, for people under 65 as well as those 65 and older.

In the context of the ACA, the tax filing threshold comes into play when we talk about the individual mandate penalty. There’s an automatic exemption from the penalty if your income is below the tax filing threshold. And if the percentage of income penalty applies to your tax return, it’s only calculated on the portion of your income that exceeds the tax filing threshold for your situation.

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