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The Small Business Health Care Tax Credit helps small businesses and small tax-exempt organizations afford the cost of covering their employees for health insurance.

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The Eligibility Rules for the credit are as follows:

• Providing health care coverage. A qualifying employer must cover at least 50 percent of the cost of health care coverage for some of its workers based on the single rate.
• Firm size. A qualifying employer must have less than the equivalent of 25 full-time workers (for example, an employer with fewer than 50 half-time workers may be eligible).
• Average annual wage. A qualifying employer must pay average annual wages below $50,000.
• Both taxable (for profit) and tax-exempt firms qualify.

Amount of Credit:

• Maximum Amount. The credit is worth up to 35 percent of a small business' premium costs in 2010 (25% for tax-exempt employers). On Jan. 1, 2014, this rate increases to 50 percent (35 percent for tax-exempt employers).
• Phase-out. The credit phases out gradually for firms with average wages between $25,000 and $50,000 and for firms with the equivalent of between 10 and 25 full-time workers.

Qualifying for the Credit:

To determine if your small business or tax exempt organization qualifies for the small business health care tax credit, follow the three simple steps from the IRS fact sheet (PDF Download)

Claiming the Credit:

Small employers, whether businesses or tax-exempt organizations, will use new Form 8941 (PDF Download), Credit for Small Employer Health Insurance Premiums, to calculate the small business health care tax credit.

Small businesses will include the amount of the credit as part of the general business credit on their income tax returns.

Tax-exempt organizations will include the amount of the credit on Line 44f of revised Form 990-T (PDF Download), Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return. Form 990-T has been revised for the 2011 filing season to enable eligible tax-exempt organizations –– even those that owe no tax on unrelated business income –– to claim the small business health care tax credit.

Check with your tax advisor for details on how this will affect your business.

For additional information relating to the credit, (read more here)