1099-H File Format A 1099 Express source record for 1099-H looks like this:

B|J|SSN|Cor|ForeignAdr|Box2|CS|Name1|Name2|Addr|City|State|Zip|Acct|Amt1|Amt2|...Amt13

Field 1: Capital "B", This is the Record Identifier.
Field 2: Holds the character "J", indicating 1099-H Health Coverage Tax Credit Advance Payments.
Filed 3: Recipient's Social Security Number.
Field 4: Correction Indicator.
Field 5: Set to "1" if recipient is Foreign (outside USA).
Field 6: Box2 - Number of months HCTC advance payments received.
Field 6: Header "EL" eMail.
Field 7: Combined State Code.
Field 8: Recipient Name 1 Field.
Field 9: Recipient Name 2 Field, usually empty.
Field 10: Recipient Address.
Field 11: Recipient City.
Field 12: Recipient State Code.
Field 13: Recipient Zip Code.
Field 14: Account Information. Must be unique to distinguish corrections for duplicate recipients.
Field 15: Amt01-Box 1 Gross amount of health insurance advance payments.
Field 16: Amt02-Box 3 January.
Field 17: Amt03-Box 4 February.
Field 18: Amt04-Box 5 March.
Field 19: Amt05-Box 6 April.
Field 20: Amt06-Box 7 May.
Field 21: Amt07-Box 8 June.
Field 22: Amt08-Box 9 July.
Field 23: Amt09-Box 10 August.
Field 24: Amt10-Box 11 September.
Field 25: Amt11-Box 12 October.
Field 26: Amt12-Box 13 November.
Field 27: Amt13-Box 14 December.
Field 28: Box 2 Number of months HCTC advance payments received. Header: "Box2"

2022: Added new Field 28. Moved Box2 From Field 6 to new Field 28. Field 6 Heaser is EL for eMail.

All Fields are normal Ascii strings, without a Ascii Zero trailer. Each record is terminated by a carriage return, line feed sequence, when resident on disk. No check boxes or dates.

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