ADP SmartCompliance® Health Compliance

Navigate Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance with confidence. Manage eligibility, IRS Forms 1095-C and 1094-C, and state employer reporting requirements through a connected, cloud-based solution that brings together data, visibility, and expert support.

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Take a proactive approach to ACA reporting and penalty avoidance

When you partner with ADP, your ACA compliance is supported by connected data flows, real-time visibility, and proactive insights designed to help keep your organization aligned with federal and state requirements.

Connect ACA data and surface issues earlier

Streamline ACA tracking and reporting through connected data and proactive capabilities, so you can:

Integrate data sources – Automate data capture from payroll, HR, benefits systems and other systems of record
Validate compliance data – Continuously identify and correct potential risks or anomalies before filing
Automate SSN solicitation and tracking – Support IRS name or Social Security Number discrepancy resolution*

(*Available as an add-on.)

Use ACA insights to be proactive

Use real-time insights into ACA compliance status to identify issues earlier and prioritize actions before reporting deadlines.

Access compliance status on demand – Review status anytime throughout the reporting year
Identify potential issues early – Surface insights by employee, month or FEIN
View forms year-round – Access Forms 1095-C and 1094-C throughout the reporting cycle
Assess filing history – Review historical filing activity to help identify potential penalty exposure

Coordinate ACA requirements with greater consistency

With ADP Health Compliance, you gain a comprehensive approach to managing ACA requirements proactively, so you can:

Calculate eligibility and affordability – Support full-time status, leaves of absence, rehires, safe harbors and minimum essential coverage thresholds by FEIN
Manage federal and state reporting – Furnish and file Forms 1095-C and 1094-C with access to ACA specialists who help guide issue resolution
Monitor regulatory requirements – Track federal and state ACA changes to help you prepare for what’s next

Health Compliance and ACA FAQs

ACA compliance refers to meeting the Affordable Care Act’s requirements for employer-sponsored health coverage and reporting. For applicable large employers, this includes offering affordable, minimum-value coverage to eligible ACA full-time employees, tracking eligibility and classification and reporting coverage information to the IRS using Forms 1095-C and 1094-C. Maintaining compliance helps reduce the risk of penalties.

ACA requirements are based on hours worked, not job classification. Employers subject to the ACA must assess each employee’s hours of service to determine full-time status. Employees averaging at least 30 hours per week or 130 hours per month, including variable-hour or seasonal workers, may require coverage regardless of internal designations.

The ACA Employer Mandate applies to employers with 50 or more full-time employees, including full-time equivalents. It requires offering coverage that, if affordable, provides minimum essential coverage, and meets minimum value requirements to at least 95% of full-time employees. Knowing and understanding who full-time (or full-time equivalent) employees are, offering timely and affordable health insurance coverage, documenting offers of health insurance coverage, and completing reporting requirements for both the IRS and applicable states based on differing requirements, rules, timelines and technology specifications is important to avoid penalties for non-compliance.

ACA reporting is the annual requirement for applicable employers to provide health coverage information to employees and the IRS. This includes furnishing Form 1095-C to employees and filing Forms 1095-C and 1094-C with the IRS, which summarize coverage offers and full-time employee counts. Some states also require separate health coverage reporting with distinct deadlines.

Employers must furnish Form 1095-C to eligible employees and file required information with the IRS by annual deadlines. Some employers may be eligible to use an alternative reporting method to furnish Form 1095-C to employees under which employers are no longer required to automatically furnish Form 1095-C to individuals. ADP has filed and furnished over 99 million Forms 1095-C nationwide, accounting for approximately 1 in 5 forms produced in the United States since 2015*.

*Source: ADP internal data.

The IRS deadlines for ACA reporting are critical: the IRS deadline for Forms 1095-C to be furnished to employees is by March 2, 2026* (unless utilizing the alternative method of furnishing), while the IRS deadline to file Forms 1095-C and 1094-C is March 31, 2026. Additionally, applicable state reporting deadlines for 2025 follow a specific timeline as noted

California: 2/2/2026 (furnishing to employees), 6/1/2026 (filing with state agency)
New Jersey: 3/2/2026 (furnishing to employees), 3/31/2026 (filing with state agency)
Washington, DC: 3/2/2026 (furnishing to employees), 4/30/2026 (filing with state agency)
Rhode Island: 3/2/2026 (furnishing to employees), 3/31/2026 (filing with state agency)

*Final furnishing and filing dates have not been released by states for Tax Year 2027. Final deadlines are typically published by the RRS in the fall, with state-specific deadlines shortly after.