There are some new income tax laws for 2014 which are confusing and have some rude surprises. I checked out two e-filing programs, neither of which is Turbo Tax, and found that the default is that you are not covered by ACA health insurance and therefore subject to the penalties. One must supply the info to avoid the penalties. Another aspect of ACA health insurance compliance is the tax credits one can receive if one's income is low enough and you got your insurance through the exchange. The surprise is that anyone who received credits ahead of time (You owed $322/month but only paid $196 because you got prepaid credits) or intends to claim the credits on their form 1040, must file by 4/15/15, NO EXTENSIONS ARE ALLOWED!! In addition, it is now illegal for employers to reimburse employees for the plans the employee either pays for himself or is covered on another plan, such as the spouse. The employer can be fined $100/day, the consequences for the employee are not yet clear, but with no court cases it is assumed the IRS would characterize such payments as taxable income. Many employers are scooting this provision by merely increasing the w-2 income of the employees by the gross amount required to result in getting the net reimbursement amount in their pay check.
Please remember that anyone who lived outside the USA the entire year is not subject to any ACA penalties for non-coverage, nor is anyone who's income levels and other particulars do not require them to file a tax return. If you were not required to file a tax return but are filing to get a tax refund of withheld or estimated taxes or prior year's credit, attach a note proclaiming that is the ONLY reason you are filing.
I will be back with more pertinent info as the tax season unfolds.