1 For example, American Language Services offers interpreters starting at $100 per hour (or $125 for sign language) and a two-hour minimum is required. 2  Phone interpreters typically cost $1.25-$3 per minute. 3  Language Translation, Inc. offers a flat fee of $1.88 per minute for phone interpreting, for example. Travel time is typically billed extra, as an hourly rate or a set fee. 2  For instance, interpreters working with the Arkansas Courts cost an additional 45 cents per mile or $40 per hour for travel outside of their county.
If you donât have insurance coverage and you can afford it, you will be penalized and pay a fee in most cases. For 2016, the penalty fee is whichever is greater: 2.5 percent of your yearly household income, or $695 per adult and $347.50 per child for the year. The household maximum penalty fee is $2,085.
This wonât affect your taxes if you are already covered by your employer, Medicare, or Medicaid. 2014 is the first year the health care reform law requires you to have health insurance coverage. Most individuals who do not have health insurance will owe a penalty, to be collected by the IRS via your tax return.The penalty starts at $95 in 2014 and increases to $325 in 2015 and to $695 per person by 2016.ealth insurance exchanges and employers will report information about health insurance coverage to the IRS, so you wonât have to worry about it. In 2014, this reporting requirement will help the IRS figure out if you are eligible for the tax credit in 2014.