When you do not have your family enrolled in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS), the Department of Defense (DoD) cannot accurately report your healthcare coverage to the Internal Revenue Service as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). If a sponsor receives a letter indicating that their SSN or a family members' SSN needs to be updated in DEERS, please follow the instructions in the letter to ensure your information is correctly reported to the IRS. For more information, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy members, retirees and annuitants serviced by Defense Finance and Accounting Services can call 1-888-332-7411 for assistance; active duty members and active reservists of the U.S. Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) can call 1-866-772-8724; non-active duty Coast Guard, NOAA, Public Health Service (PHS) retirees, annuitants and former spouses can call 1-800-772-8274; active Public Health Servicemembers can call 240-276-8799. For general ACA tax questions, visit the IRS website. Learn how TRICARE works with the ACA on the TRICARE website.
For more on tax season and military tax guides, visit the Military.com Tax Center.
