Health Savings Account Limits for 2014

With Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), individuals and businesses buy less expensive health insurance policies with high deductibles. Contributions to the accounts are made on a pre-tax basis. The money can accumulate year after year tax free, and be withdrawn tax free to pay for a variety of medical expenses such as doctor visits, prescriptions, chiropractic care and premiums for long-term-care insurance.

Participating employers can also contribute to accounts, on behalf of their employees.

Here are the 2014 limits for individual and family coverage, which were announced by the IRS in Revenue Procedure 2013-25. They are determined after the IRS applies cost-of-living adjustment rules, and the changes in the Consumer Price Index for the relevant period.

Health Savings Accounts	2014	2013
Self-only coverage annual minimum deductible	$ 1,250	$ 1,250
Self-only coverage maximum out-of-pocket expenses (deductibles, co-payments, and other amounts, but not premiums)	$ 6,350	$ 6,250
Self-only coverage maximum HSA contribution	$ 3,300	$ 3,250
Family coverage annual minimum deductible (Family coverage can include a spouse and any dependents)	$ 2,500	$ 2,500
Family coverage maximum out-of-pocket expenses (deductibles, co-payments, and other amounts, but not premiums)	$12,700	$12,500
Family coverage maximum HSA contribution	$ 6,550	$ 6,450

For more information about HSAs, contact your employee benefits and tax adviser.