Run an Affordable Care Act ALE report in QuickBooks Time

Learn how to run the Affordable Care Act ALE report in QuickBooks Time. 

The QuickBooks Time Affordable Care Act (ACA) report helps you:

• Determine if you are an applicable large employer (ALE) that is required to provide healthcare coverage to your employees.
• Fill out IRS form 1094-C, Part III, column b (Full-Time Employee Count for ALE Member) and c (Total Employee Count for ALE Member).

For more information about the ACA, see: The Affordable Care Act: What Will Obamacare Mean For Your Business In 2016?

Install the Affordable Care Act Compliance tools add-on

1. In QuickBooks Time, go to Feature Add-ons, then Manage Add-ons.
2. Locate Affordable Care Act Compliance Tools, then select Install.

Run the report

1. Go to Reports.
2. Select Logging and Auditing, then Applicable Large Employer.
3. In the Applicable Large Employer (ALE) Report window, select a report year, and select Download CSV Report.
4. When the file has downloaded, if necessary, select Open.

The spreadsheet displays:

• By month, the number of full-time and full-time equivalent employees.
• The yearly averages of full-time and full-time equivalent employees.