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.
If you don't buy health insurance, you may have to pay a penalty when you file your annual income taxes. There are two ways the government will calculate what you owe when you file your taxes. You have to pay whichever amount is higher. The penalty for 2017 is the greater of: $695 for each adult and $347.50 for each child, but no more than $2,085 per family, OR. 2.5% of your family yearly taxable income, but no more than the national average annual premium for a bronze plan sold through the Marketplace.