{"id":2094,"date":"2018-03-06T14:45:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T19:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bakertillyvantagen.com\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2023-05-23T17:42:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T17:42:54","slug":"irs-decreases-hsa-family-contribution-limit-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sitepreviews.org\/bt-vantagen\/2094\/irs-decreases-hsa-family-contribution-limit-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsflash! IRS announces change for HSA family contribution limit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The IRS announced\u00a0a decrease to the maximum HSA family contribution for the 2018 calendar year in the\u00a0most recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-irbs\/irb18-10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Internal Revenue Bulletin (IRB) 2018-10<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The family contribution limit for HSAs has been lowered from\u00a0<strong>$6,900\u00a0to $6,850.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0mid-year decrease stems from a provision in the Tax Reform and Jobs Act\u00a0(P.L. 115-97) that was meant to slow the rate of inflation changes for various\u00a0programs.<\/p>\n<p>Flexible Spending accounts (Health Care FSAs, Dependent Care FSAs, Parking and Transit plans) were not affected.<\/p>\n<p>Baker Tilly Vantagen is preparing to support our partners with this change. As a first step, our myFlexDollars portal was updated on March 6, 2018\u00a0to reflect the new maximum amount.\u00a0 More information will be forthcoming to address specific situations such as over-contribution scenarios, disbursements and contribution adjustments.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions regarding this announcement\u00a0or to learn how Baker Tilly Vantagen experts can help,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bakertillyvantagen.com\/contact-vantagen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bakertillyvantagen.com\/contact-vantagen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact our team<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bakertillyvantagen.com\/contact-us\/\">.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IRS announced\u00a0a decrease to the maximum HSA family contribution for the 2018 calendar year in the\u00a0most recent\u00a0Internal Revenue Bulletin (IRB) 2018-10. 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