Marilyn is age 66, if she receives a $15,000 taxable HSA distribution this year, what tax penalty, if any, will apply?

No penalty

Explanation:

The tax penalty is as follows

The HSA i.e. health saving account. It is opened so that the expenses related to the medical could be paid and the high health plan i.e. deductible  (HDHP) would not covered here

In the case when rules are not followed so there is a penalty of 20%

Given that the amount taxable is $15,000

So here the penalty would be

= $15,000 × 20%

= $3,000

But since Marilyn age is 66 so there is no penalty as the penalty would be applied till the age of 65

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