63-3022K. MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT. (1) For taxable years commencing on and after January 1, 1995, annual contributions to a medical savings account not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the account holder and interest earned on a medical savings account shall be deducted from taxable income by the account holder, if such amount has not been previously deducted or excluded in arriving at taxable income. For married individuals the maximum deduction shall be computed separately for each individual. Contributions to the account shall not exceed the amount deductible under this section.

(2) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, the annual contributions to a medical savings account shall be limited to ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Both interest earned and all contributions to medical savings accounts shall be deducted from taxable income by the account holder, if such amount has not been previously deducted or excluded in arriving at taxable income.

(3) For the purpose of this section, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly denotes otherwise:

(a) "Account holder" means an individual, in the case of married individuals each spouse, including a self-employed person, on whose behalf the medical savings account is established.

(b) "Dependent" means a person for whom a deduction is permitted under section 151(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code if a deduction for the person is claimed for that person on the account holder’s Idaho income tax return.

(c) "Dependent child" means a child or grandchild of the account holder who is not a dependent if the account holder actually pays the eligible medical expenses of the child or grandchild and the child or grandchild is any of the following:

(i) Under twenty-one (21) years of age, or enrolled as a full-time student at an accredited college or university.

(ii) Legally entitled to the provision of proper or necessary subsistence, education, medical care or other care necessary for his or her health, guidance or well-being and not otherwise emancipated, self-supporting, married or a member of the armed forces of the United States.

(iii) Mentally or physically incapacitated to the extent that he or she is not self-sufficient.

(d) "Depository" means a state or national bank, savings and loan association, credit union or trust company authorized to act as a fiduciary or an insurance administrator or insurance company authorized to do business in this state, a broker or investment advisor regulated by the department of finance, a broker or insurance agent regulated by the department of insurance or a health maintenance organization, fraternal benefit society, hospital and professional service corporation as defined in section 41-3403, Idaho Code, or nonprofit mutual insurer regulated under title 41, Idaho Code.

(e) "Eligible medical expense" means an expense paid by the taxpayer for medical care described in section 213(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, and long-term care expenses of the account holder and the spouse, dependents and dependent children of the account holder.

(f) "Long-term care expenses" means expenses incurred in providing custodial care in a nursing facility as defined in section 39-1301, Idaho Code, and for insurance premiums relating to long-term care insurance under chapter 46, title 41, Idaho Code.

(g) "Medical savings account" means an account established with a depository to pay the eligible medical expenses of the account holder and the dependents and dependent children of the account holder. Medical savings accounts shall carry the name of the account holder, a designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of the account holder and shall be designated by the depository as a "medical savings account."

(4) Upon agreement between an employer and employee, an employer may establish and contribute to the employee’s medical savings account or contribute to an employee’s existing medical savings account. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1995, but before January 1, 2014, the total combined annual contributions by an employer and the account holder shall not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the account holder. Employer contributions to an employee’s medical savings account shall be owned by the employee.

(5) Funds held in a medical savings account may be withdrawn by the account holder at any time. Withdrawals for the purpose of paying eligible medical expenses shall not be subject to the tax imposed in this chapter. Funds held in a medical savings account must be exhausted before the account holder, the account holder’s dependent or the account holder’s dependent child receives any state assistance for medical care. The burden of proving that a withdrawal from a medical savings account was made for an eligible medical expense is upon the account holder and not upon the depository or the employer of the account holder. Other withdrawals shall be subject to the following restrictions and penalties:

(a) There shall be a distribution penalty for withdrawal of funds by the account holder for purposes other than the payment of eligible medical expenses. The penalty shall be ten percent (10%) of the amount of withdrawal from the account and, in addition, the amount withdrawn shall be subject to the tax imposed in this chapter. The direct transfer of funds from a medical savings account to a medical savings account at a different depository shall not be considered a withdrawal for purposes of this section. Charges relating to the administration and maintenance of the account by the depository are not withdrawals for purposes of this section.

(b) After an account holder reaches fifty-nine and one-half (59 1/2) years of age, withdrawals may be made for eligible medical expenses or for any other reason without penalty, but subject to the tax imposed by this section.

(c) Upon the death of an account holder, the account principal, as well as any interest accumulated thereon, shall be distributed without penalty to the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries.

(d) Funds withdrawn which are later reimbursed shall be taxable unless redeposited into the account within sixty (60) days of the reimbursement. Deposits of reimbursed eligible medical expenses shall not be included in calculating the amount deductible.

(e) Funds deposited in a medical savings account which are deposited in error or unintentionally and which are withdrawn within thirty (30) days of being deposited shall be treated as if the amounts had not been deposited in the medical savings account. Funds withdrawn from a medical savings account which are withdrawn in error or unintentionally and which are redeposited within thirty (30) days of being withdrawn shall be treated as if the amounts had not been withdrawn from the medical savings account.

(f) Funds withdrawn which are, not later than the sixtieth day after the day of the withdrawal, deposited into another medical savings account for the benefit of the same account holder are not a withdrawal for purposes of this section and shall not be included in calculating the amount deductible.

(6) Reporting. Depositories, in the case of medical savings accounts, shall provide to the state tax commission, in the routine fashion used for all interest-bearing accounts, the same information that is provided for any interest-bearing bank account. So as to minimize the burden of reporting, the information shall be provided in the format in which information is provided for any interest-bearing bank account to the state tax commission. There shall be no other reporting requirements. Account holders shall provide on any state income tax form in which they take a deduction for a medical savings account the account number of their medical savings account and the depository at which the account is held.

(7) Any medical care savings account established pursuant to chapter 53, title 41, Idaho Code, as enacted by chapter 186, laws of 1994, may be continued pursuant to the provisions of this section and all duties, privileges and liabilities imposed in this section upon account holders of medical care savings accounts and the beneficiaries of those accounts shall apply to account holders of medical care savings accounts and their beneficiaries established pursuant to chapter 53, title 41, Idaho Code, as enacted by chapter 186, laws of 1994, as if the medical care savings account were a medical savings account established pursuant to this section.

(8) (a) If the account holder’s surviving spouse acquires the account holder’s interest in a medical savings account by reason of being the designated beneficiary of such account at the death of the account holder, the medical savings account shall be treated as if the spouse were the account holder.

(b) If, by reason of the death of the account holder, any person acquires the account holder’s interest in a medical savings account in a case to which subsection (8)(a) of this section does not apply:

(i) Such account shall cease to be a medical savings account as of the date of death; and

(ii) An amount equal to the fair market value of the assets in such account on such date shall be includable, if such person is not the estate of such holder, in such person’s Idaho taxable income for the taxable year which includes such date, or if such person is the estate of such holder, in such holder’s Idaho taxable income for the last taxable year of such holder.

(c) The amount includable in Idaho taxable income under subsection (8)(b) of this section by any person, other than the estate, shall be reduced by the amount of qualified medical expenses which were incurred by the decedent before the date of the decedent’s death and paid by such person within one (1) year after such date.

History:

[(63-3022K) 63-3022J, added 1995, ch. 362, sec. 2, p. 1266; am. and redesig. 1996, ch. 60, sec. 1, p. 175; am. 1997, ch. 318, sec. 1, p. 940; am. 1998, ch. 398, sec. 1, p. 1245; am. 1999, ch. 31, sec. 1, p. 60; am. 2000, ch. 274, sec. 150, p. 885; am. 2001, ch. 270, sec. 3, p. 980; am. 2002, ch. 212, sec. 1, p. 584; am. 2007, ch. 148, sec. 7, p. 440; am. 2014, ch. 327, sec. 1, p. 810.]