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What is an HSA?An HSA is the newest of all tax-favored medical savings plans. An HSA is a tax-exempt trust or custodial account that a taxpayer sets up with a qualified HSA trustee. Distributions from an HSA are nontaxable if the funds are used for qualified medical expenses. A taxpayer must be an eligible individual to qualify for an HSA. No permission or authorization from the IRS is necessary to establish an HSA. To set up an HSA a taxpayer will need to work with a trustee. A qualified HSA trustee can be a bank, an insurance company, or anyone already approved by the IRS to be a trustee of individual retirement arrangements (IRAs) or Archer MSAs. The HSA can be established through a trustee that is different from the taxpayer's health plan provider. An HSA is created by:
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