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Bally Price Holdings Management: Tax glitch to affect 800,000 ACA consumers

Federal authorities announced that a tax-reporting glitch might affect the filings and delay tax refunds of hundreds of thousands Americans.

Officials have confirmed that the administration has sent incorrect information to around 800,000 clients who bought health insurance in 2014, thus requiring them to update their tax return information. The people affected accounts for around 15% of the enrollees processed via healthcare . gov in 2014. They have already been notified of the mistake and requested to postpone their filing of returns by 3 weeks.

According to reports from Bally Price Holdings Management, the root of the mistake was the accidental replacement of 2015 data with those of last year's. This technical error is expected to affect the key component of the healthcare law and slow tax refunds for people who need it most.

The subsidies involved are an important part of the Obamacare or Affordable Care Act's scheme. The financial assistance permits even more Americans to purchase insurance as it is available to people who do not qualify for Medicaid. This balance is critical as there should be enough healthy enrollees to equal those who need medical assistance.

After a troubled launching year, healthcare.gov has appeared to be performing well in the past months until the major technical glitch last week. Republicans were quick to seize the chance to pounce on the administration's mistake after the latter claimed a successful enrolment season with 11.4 million new sign ups.

Orrin Hatch, the Republican chairman of the Senate's Finance Committee, said in his statement, "Whether it's providing taxpayers with incorrect subsidy information or having to create special enrollment periods so that taxpayers can avoid costly penalties, Obamacare continue to frustrate and confuse Americans. The Administration's latest attempt to unilaterally tweak their own law to avoid political fallout once again underscores the failed policies rooted in Obamacare's DNA."

Bally Price Holdings Management experts said that it's not clear yet if this recent snag will affect consumer behavior as some of them are already finding it hard to adapt to the complex system of subsidy.