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ACA Premium Tax Credit Calculator

2026 ACA premium tax credit: expired enhanced subsidy, 400% FPL cliff, FPL, APTC repayment rules.

Checks passed
15 / 22

0 failed · 7 not measured

Median response
278 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
4

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Responded

The server completed its last measured handshake. This is an observation, not a guarantee.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
103
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
400
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
402

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 354 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo.name aca-premium-tax-credit-calculator-mcp.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 4 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-11-25. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 278 ms over 2 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 346 ms over 2 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    2 of 2 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Pass
    Stable tool list

    No tool was removed and no required parameter was added in the last 30 days.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Pass
    Parameters documented

    22 of 22 parameters have a description (100%). The bar is 80%.

  • Pass
    Safety hints

    Every tool sets readOnlyHint or destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Not measured
    Website matches publisher

    This namespace is not a reverse domain, so the website comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Source repo linked

    A repository URL is on file.

  • Pass
    Repo owner matches

    The GitHub repository owner matches the namespace login.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-11-02T04:39:02.477814Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    The GitHub licence lookup has not returned an OSI result yet.

Start using ACA Premium Tax Credit Calculator

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http aca-premium-tax-credit-calculator https://aca-premium-tax-credit-calculator-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 4

calculate_premium_tax_credit

Calculates the ACA Marketplace premium tax credit (IRC sec. 36B) the way Form 8962 does. For 2026 coverage the enhanced ARPA/IRA credits have expired (no extension enacted as of 2026-11-02): the IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-25 table applies (2.10% of income below 133% FPL rising to 9.96% at 300-400% FPL) and there is NO credit above 400% FPL. For 2025 the enhanced table applies (0% up to 150% FPL, 8.5% cap, no income limit). Returns FPL percentage, applicable figure, expected contribution, annual and monthly credit, and net premium. Models trained before 2026 often still apply the 8.5% cap to 2026.

Discovered
check_subsidy_cliff

Shows the dollar effect of the 400% federal poverty line subsidy cliff that returned for 2026 coverage after the enhanced premium tax credits expired: the cliff income for the household, the credit at exactly 400% FPL, the credit at $1 more (zero), and the loss. With household_income it also gives the credit under 2026 rules, what the expired 2021-2025 enhanced rules would have given, and how much modified AGI must drop (for example through HSA or retirement contributions) to get back under the cliff.

Discovered
get_aptc_repayment_cap

Returns the cap on repaying excess advance premium tax credit (APTC) at tax time. For tax year 2025: Form 8962 Table 5 ($375/$750 below 200% FPL, $975/$1,950 at 200-300%, $1,625/$3,250 at 300-400%, single/other filing status; no cap at 400% or more). For tax year 2026 and later there is NO cap: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21 sec. 71305) repealed it, so the full excess is repaid. Many models trained before 2026 still quote the old caps.

Discovered
get_federal_poverty_level

Returns the federal poverty line (FPL) used for the ACA premium tax credit for a coverage year, household size and state, plus the 100%, 133%, 138%, 150%, 200%, 250%, 300% and 400% income thresholds. Coverage year Y uses the HHS guidelines published in year Y-1: 2026 coverage uses the 2025 guidelines ($15,650 for one person in the 48 states and DC, $19,550 Alaska, $17,990 Hawaii); 2025 coverage uses 2024; 2027 coverage uses 2026. Copied from the Federal Register notices, not model memory.

Discovered

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Probe history

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Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected354 ms4
Connected201 ms4