Merritt Personal Lines Manual: Enrolled in Medicare.
Beginning with the first month you are enrolled in Medicare, you cannot contribute to your HSA.
Example.
You turned age 65 in July 2006 and enrolled in Medicare. You had self-only coverage under an HDHP with an annual deductible of $1,100. You are eligible for an additional contribution of $700. Your contribution limit is $900 ($1,800 --12 -- 6). You can make contributions for January through June totaling $900, but cannot make any contributions for July through December.
Rollovers. You can roll over amounts from Archer MSAs and other HSAs into an HSA. Rollover contributions do not need to be in cash. Rollovers are not subject to the annual contribution limits.
You must roll over the amount within 60 days after the date of receipt. You can make only one rollover contribution to an HSA during a 1-year period. You cannot roll over amounts from an IRA, an HRA, or a health FSA into an HSA. Note.
If you instruct the trustee of your HSA to transfer funds directly to the trustee of another HSA, the transfer is not considered a rollover. There is no limit on the number of these transfers. Do not include the amount transferred in income, deduct it as a contribution, or include it as a distribution on Form 8889, line 12a.
When To Contribute
You can make contributions to your HSA for 2006 until April 17, 2007.
Reporting Contributions on Your Return
Contributions made by your employer are not included in your income. Contributions to an employee's account by an employer using the amount of an employee's salary reduction through a cafeteria plan are treated as employer contributions. You can claim contributions you made and contributions made by any other person, other than your employer, on your behalf, as an adjustment to income.
Contributions by a partnership to a bona fide partner's HSA are not contributions by an employer. The contributions are treated as a distribution of money and are not included in the partner's gross income. Contributions by a partnership to a partner's HSA for services rendered are treated as guaranteed payments that are deductible by the partnership and includible in the partner's gross income. In both situations, the partner can deduct the contribution made to the partner's HSA.
Contributions by an S corporation to a 2% shareholder-employee's HSA for services rendered are treated as guaranteed payments and are deductible by the S corporation and includible in the shareholder-employee's gross income. The shareholder-employee can deduct the contribution made to the shareholder-employee's HSA.
Form 8889. Report all contributions to your HSA on Form 8889, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and file it with your Form 1040. You should include all contributions made for 2006, including those made by April 17, 2007, that are designated for 2006. Contributions made by your employer are also shown on the form.
You should receive Form 5498-SA, HSA, Archer MSA, or Medicare Advantage MSA Information, from the trustee showing the amount contributed to your HSA during the year. Your employer's contributions also will be shown in box 12 of Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, with code W. Follow the instructions for Form 8889. Report your HSA deduction on Form 1040, line 25.
Excess contributions. You will have excess contributions if the contributions to your HSA for the year are greater than the limits discussed earlier. Excess contributions are not deductible. Excess contributions made by your employer are included in your gross income. If the excess contribution is not included in box 1 of Form W-2, you must report the excess as "Other income" on your tax return.
Generally, you must pay a 6% excise tax on excess contributions. See Form 5329, Additional Taxes on Qualified Plans (including IRAs) and Other Tax-Favored Accounts, to figure the excise tax. The excise tax applies to each tax year the excess contribution remains in the account.
You may withdraw some or all of the excess contributions and not pay the excise tax on the amount withdrawn if you meet the following conditions.
- You withdraw the excess contributions by the due date, including extensions, of your tax return for the year the contributions were made.
- You withdraw any income earned on the withdrawn contributions and include the earnings in "Other income" on your tax return for the year you withdraw the contributions and earnings.
