ACA Record ID
Employee
The code for the employee to whom the ACA record refers. If you are setting up a new ACA record, select the employee code.
Press F3 to look up the value.
If a value is already selected, you can press F4 to open the record in its native editor.
Description
A description of the ACA record.
Designation
The employee's designated employment status. If you are setting up an ACA record for a new employee or for an employee whose employment status has changed (from part time to full time or full time to part time), select the designated status from the drop-down list. Your options are: - Full Time. The employee will average 30 or more hours per week (weekly basis) or 130 or more hours per month (monthly basis).
- Part Time. The employee will average fewer than 30 hours per week (weekly basis) or fewer than 130 hours per month (monthly basis).
- Seasonal. The employee will work on a seasonal basis.
Effective Date
On new ACA records, enter the date the employee designation of "Full Time", "Part Time", or "Seasonal" takes effect.
On processed ACA records, this field displays the first day of the stability period that results from the analysis described in this ACA record.
Record #
Displays the system-assigned record number.
Type
From the drop-down list, select the type of ACA record you are creating. Your options are:
Category
Select the ACA category the employee belongs to.
Press F3 to look up the value.
If a value is already selected, you can press F4 to open the record in its native editor.
Locked
Indicates whether the ACA record is locked to prevent changes.
Voided
Indicates whether the ACA record is voided. You can flag an ACA record as voided to prevent it from being included in the Create ACA Records process or the 1095-C processes.
ACA Record tab
Measurement Period
Type
The type of measurement period. Valid values are:
- <blank>. The analysis has never been run for this employee.
- Initial. This is the first time the employee's eligibility for health care coverage has been assessed.
- Standard. This is an analysis other than the initial analysis of the employee's eligibility for health care coverage.
Basis
The type of period the analysis is based on. The basis is specified when the ACA Process is run. Valid values are:
- Weekly. The employee's average weekly hours are compared to a 30-hour work week.
- Monthly. The employee's average monthly hours are compared to a 130-hour work month.
Begin
The date the analysis period begins. This date is specified when the ACA Process is run.
End
The date the analysis period ends. This date is specified when the ACA Process is run.
Employee Offer and Coverage
Note
The values for the fields in this section come from the category detail line(s) in effect for the ACA record's effective date and stability period. By default, these fields are blank and the Proof/Print 1095-Cs and Create 1095-C Transmission processes look up the values from the ACA category detail. If the checkboxes are marked and values are specified, those values will override any category detail values in effect for the record's stability period.
Offer Code
If the adjacent checkbox is unmarked, this field defaults to blank. The offer code will be looked up from the ACA category detail line(s) in effect for the ACA record's effective date and stability period. If you need to override the value from ACA category detail, mark the adjacent checkbox and select the appropriate offer code from the drop-down list. Valid codes are:
- <blank>. If you select this option, the blank will be replaced with 1H when 1095-Cs are generated.
- 1A. The employee received a qualifying offer.
- 1B. Minimum essential coverage providing minimum value was offered to the employee only.
- 1C. Minimum essential coverage providing minimum value was offered to the employee and at least minimum essential coverage was offered to the employee's dependent(s), excluding spouse.
- 1D. Minimum essential coverage providing minimum value was offered to the employee and at least minimum essential coverage was offered to the employee's spouse.
- 1E. Minimum essential coverage providing minimum value was offered to the employee and at least minimum essential coverage was offered to the employee's dependent(s) and spouse.
- 1F. Minimum essential coverage not providing minimum value was offered to the employee, to the employee and spouse or dependent(s), or to the employee, spouse, and dependent(s).
- 1G. Coverage was offered to a non-full-time employee who enrolled in self-insured coverage.
- 1H. Coverage was not offered, or coverage that did not provide minimum essential coverage was offered. This code includes individuals who are employed for one or more months.
- 1I. Reserved (not used for 2016 reporting).
- 1J. Minimum essential coverage providing minimum value was offered to the employee and at least minimum essential coverage was CONDITIONALLY offered to the employee's spouse.
- 1K. Minimum essential coverage providing minimum value was offered to the employee and at least minimum essential coverage was offered to the employee's dependent(s) and CONDITIONALLY offered to the employee's spouse.
The following offer codes were added in tax year 2020 and thereafter.
- 1L. Individual coverage offered to employee only with affordability determined by using the ZIP code of the employee's primary residence.
- 1M. Individual coverage offered to employee and dependent(s) (not spouse) with affordability determined by using the ZIP code of the employee's primary residence.
- 1N. Individual coverage offered to employee, spouse, and dependent(s) with affordability determined by using the ZIP code of the employee's primary residence.
- 1O. Individual coverage offered to employee only with affordability determined by using the ZIP code of the employee's primary employment site.
- 1P. Individual coverage offered to employee and dependent(s) (not spouse) with affordability determined by using the ZIP code of the employee's primary employment site.
- 1Q. Individual coverage offered to employee, spouse, and dependent(s) with affordability determined by using the ZIP code of the employee's primary employment site.
- 1R. Individual coverage that is NOT affordable offered to employee; employee and spouse, or dependent(s); or employee, spouse, and dependent(s).
- 1S. Individual coverage offered to an individual who was not a full-time employee.
- 1T. Individual coverage offered to employee and spouse (no dependents) with affordability determined using employee's private residence ZIP code.
- 1U. Individual coverage offered to employee and spouse (no dependents) using employee's primary employment site ZIP code affordability safe harbor.
- 1V - 1Z. Reserved for future use.
Employee Cost
If the adjacent checkbox is unmarked, this field defaults to blank. The employee required contribution for self-only minimum essential coverage providing minimum value will be looked up from the ACA category detail line(s) in effect for the ACA record's effective date and stability period. If you need to override the value from ACA category detail, mark the adjacent checkbox and enter the appropriate amount. The amount is used on Form 1095-C only when the corresponding offer code is 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1J, 1K, 1L, 1M, 1N, 1O, 1P, 1Q, 1T, or 1U.
Note
To have the employee required contribution on the 1095-C form remain blank, leave this field blank. If you want 0.00 to print on the form, enter 0. If you enter 1A for the offer code, this field MUST be blank.
Safe Harbor Code
If the adjacent checkbox is unmarked, this field defaults to blank. The safe harbor code will be looked up from the ACA category detail line(s) in effect for the ACA record's effective date and stability period. If you need to override the safe harbor code, mark the adjacent checkbox and select the appropriate code from the drop-down list. Valid codes are:
- <blank>. No safe harbor code applies.
- 2A. Employee was not employed on any day during the month.
- 2B. Employee was not a full-time employee.
- 2C. Employee enrolled in coverage offered.
- 2D. Employee was in a limited non-assessment period.
- 2E. The multiemployer interim relief rule was applied.
- 2F. Employer is claiming the Form W-2 safe harbor.
- 2G. Employer is claiming the federal poverty line safe harbor.
- 2H. Employer is claiming the rate of pay safe harbor.
- 2I. Reserved for future use.
Plan Start Month
If the adjacent checkbox is unmarked, this field defaults to blank. The plan start month will be looked up from the ACA category detail line(s) in effect for the ACA record's effective date and stability period. If you need to override the plan start month, mark the adjacent checkbox and enter the appropriate month number. A value is required for any ACA record that is effective as of the 2020 tax year or later.
Analysis Results
ACA Full-Time
If analysis has been performed and this checkbox is marked, the employee should be treated as a full-time employee for the purposes of ACA through the end of the indicated stability period. If analysis has been performed and this checkbox is clear, the employee is deemed part-time or seasonal.
Measurements
Periods
Depending on the measurement basis, the number of weeks or months in the analysis period.
Hours
The number of hours the employee worked during the analysis period.
Note
If there is a discrepancy in the calculated total hours worked and actual hours worked and you need to override the total, press Ctrl+Alt+U or select
> Tools > Unlock Hours to enable the field for editing.
Average
The average number of hours the employee worked per week (weekly basis) or per month (monthly basis).
Stability Period
The stability period is the length of time for which the analysis results are in effect. For example, if an employee designated as part-time is deemed full-time based on average hours worked during the measurement period, this is the period during which health care coverage is in effect for the employee (if coverage is accepted). If a part-time employee is deemed part-time, this is the period during which no coverage is required regardless of average hours worked during the stability period.
These fields are system-maintained.
Begin
The first day of the stability period.
End
The last day of the stability period.
Notifications
Notify
When the employee has been offered health care coverage or notified that coverage will expire, select the appropriate notification note. The note should have a note type of "ACANotifyOffer" or "ACANotifyExpire" and a reference to the ACA record.
Press F3 to look up the value.
If a value is already selected, you can press F4 to open the record in its native editor.
Notified
When the employee has been notified of a change in their ACA eligibility status, select the appropriate notification note. The note should have a note type of "ACANotified" and a reference to the ACA record.
Press F3 to look up the value.
If a value is already selected, you can press F4 to open the record in its native editor.
Response
When the employee has selected coverage, declined coverage, or acknowledged the expiration of coverage, select the appropriate notification note. The note should have a note type of "ACASelected", "ACADeclined", or "ACAExpireAcknowledged" and a reference to the ACA record.
Press F3 to look up the value.
If a value is already selected, you can press F4 to open the record in its native editor.
Custom tab
This tab is visible if custom fields exist for the entity. At a minimum, if there are custom fields, a Fields subtab will be present. One or more additional categories of subtabs may also be visible.
Fields subtab
This tab prompts for values for any custom fields set up for entity records of this entity type. Respond to the prompts as appropriate.
References subtab
This tab is visible if other records reference the current record.
Reference
From the drop-down list, select the custom field to view references for. Reference custom fields have the following format: PackageName.EntityName.CustomFieldName.
Example
Suppose a custom field exists on PRCodes that references an ARCode. On the ARCode record, on the Custom > References subtab, you can view all the PRCodes which reference that ARCode.
Exchange Folder subtab
This tab is visible only if you set up a custom field with a data type of "Exchange Folder". The label on this tab is the name assigned to the custom field.
This tab shows the contents of the specified Exchange folder.
File subtab
This tab is visible only if you set up a custom field with a data type of "File". The label on the tab is the name assigned to the custom field.
This tab renders the contents of the specified file according to its file type.
Internet Address subtab
This tab is visible only if you set up a custom field with a data type of "Internet Address". The label on this tab is the name assigned to the custom field.
This tab shows the contents of the specified web page.
Network Folder subtab
This tab is visible only if you set up a custom field with a data type of "Network Folder". The label on this tab is the name assigned to the custom field.
This tab shows the contents of the specified network folder.
Notes tab
Note
Notes created from the Notes tab automatically have the current ACA record and the associated employee added as references.
The Notes pane shows the Notes HD view filtered to show all notes for the selected ACA record.
Double-click a row in the pane to drill down to its record in the Note window.
The Attachments tab is visible if any record for a given entity has an attachment. If the Attachments tab is not visible, this implies that no record of the entity type has an attachment on it; however, once an attachment is added to any record of the entity type, the Attachments tab will become available.
Attachments
The list box shows the files which are attached to the current record. Highlight a file name to preview the file in the adjacent pane. Double-click a file name to open the file in its native editor.
Preview pane
If a file name is highlighted in the Attachments list box, this pane shows a preview of the file contents. Some file types cannot be previewed but can be double-clicked to open in their native editor.
Change Logs tab
This tab is visible if the user has "Change Logs" access to the associated data folder resource.
The Change Logs pane shows the Change Logs HD view filtered to show all change logs for the selected entity record.
Double-click a row in the pane to drill down to its record in the Change Log window.
Other tab
Memo tab
To include additional information about this record not collected elsewhere, enter it in this text box. This area supports common keyboard shortcuts such as Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste.
Timestamps tab
This tab shows the user who created this record and the date and time of creation as well as the user, date, and time of the latest modification to the record.
Developer tab
This tab is visible only when developer features are enabled.
Automation subtab
This subtab shows field names and values for the current data record. Use the information in the subtab to assist when creating automation objects such as bots and import files. The field names and field values can be copied from the text box and pasted directly into your code or application. To copy content from the text box, highlight the content to copy and press Ctrl+C or right-click your selection and select Copy from the context menu.
Export (XML | JSON) subtab
This subtab shows the XML syntax for exporting the selected data record. The syntax can be copied from the text box as an exemplar for creating your own automation objects for bots, import files, ActivWebAPI, etc. To copy content from the text box, highlight the content to copy and press Ctrl+C or right-click your selection and select Copy from the context menu.
Import (XML | JSON) subtab
This subtab allows you to select a file for import and shows the XML syntax for importing data records. Use the subtab to explore the XML syntax for importing data records. In particular, you can investigate the syntax which results when using Data.Import and ActivWebAPI data POST and DELETE routes.
Change Log (XML | JSON) subtab
This subtab is visible only when the Enable Change Logs option is marked in System Options or Company Options (depending on whether the feature applies at the system or the company level). This is the default setting when developer features are enabled.
This subtab allows you to investigate changes to the current data record. The syntax can be copied for use in bots, dashboards, ActivWebAPI, and other automation. To copy content from the text box, highlight the content to copy and press Ctrl+C or right-click your selection and select Copy from the context menu.
Select Statement (SQL) subtab
This subtab allows you to investigate the SQL select statement used to retrieve the current data record. The syntax can be copied as an exemplar for data sources and other automation. To copy content from the text box, highlight the content to copy and press Ctrl+C or right-click your selection and select Copy from the context menu.