ACA 2018: Finally done

ACA 2018: Done!

ACA 2018: Finally Done

Just a quickie post on my status. I passed the ACA testing last week and then got my submission in on Monday but did not get the final word until this morning. This year’s reporting was long and drawn out with late nights and some working weekends because of 2 major factors: we changed payroll vendor mid-year so I had to merge two different vendors’ data and we changed tax IDs and business name so we had to re-register and go through software testing again. I haven’t been posting because of trying to stay focused on getting this done.

I’m tired now but hopefully by this weekend I can get back to posting schedule.

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