"The IRS is not expected to start assessing play-or-pay penalties until after its receipt of employees' individual tax returns for 2016 and employer information returns (i.e., Forms 1094-C and 1095-C). Since the details of the IRS penalty assessment and appeal processes have yet to be revealed, there is no guarantee that successfully appealing the HHS subsidy determination will automatically avoid the imposition of the penalty tax by the IRS. However, if you are an applicable large employer, the HHS appeal process affords you an opportunity to establish an administrative record of the correct facts."  MORE >>