Sec. 218. Credit for contributions to an HSA
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Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 25D the following new section: In the case of an individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this subtitle for the taxable year an amount equal to so much of the qualified HSA contributions of the individual as does not exceed $5,000 ($10,000 in the case of a joint return). For purposes of this section, the term qualified HSA contribution means an amount paid in cash during the taxable year by or on behalf of an individual to a health savings account (as defined in section 223(c)) of such individual.
The amount taken into account as qualified HSA contributions of the individual under paragraph
(1)for a taxable year shall be reduced by the amount of any distribution from such health savings account during such taxable year which is not used exclusively to pay the qualified medical expenses of the account beneficiary (within the meaning of section 223(e)(2)). For coordination rule, see section 223(b)(1). . The table of sections for subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 25D the following new item: Sec. 25E. Contributions to a health savings account. . Subsection
(b)of section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 211, is further amended to read as follows: The amount taken into account under subsection
(a)with respect to any individual shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount of any credit allowed under section 25E for qualified HSA contributions with respect to the individual. No deduction shall be allowed under this section to any individual with respect to whom a deduction under section 151 is allowable to another taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the calendar year in which such individual's taxable year begins. . The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.