To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for amounts contributed to home savings accounts, and for other purposes.
Sponsored By: Representative Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced
Summary
Creates Home Savings Accounts that would let people save for a principal residence with a targeted tax deduction and tax-free distributions for qualified housing expenses. The accounts set contribution caps, trustee rules, rollover limits, and penalties for nonqualified withdrawals.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
New tax break for home savings
This bill would let you deduct cash you put into a home savings account up to $10,000 ($20,000 if married filing jointly) each year. Distributions used to buy your main home or to pay extra mortgage principal would be excluded from income. Money taken out for other reasons would be taxable and usually face a 20% additional tax. These deduction and distribution rules would apply for tax years beginning after December 31, 2026, and the dollar limits would be indexed for inflation starting for tax years after 2027.
Rules for home savings accounts
This bill would create U.S. trust-based home savings accounts with trustee and investment rules. Trustees would have new reporting duties and could face penalties for missing reports. If an account stops qualifying or terminates, amounts can be treated as taxable distributions. A surviving spouse who is the designated beneficiary would keep the account, but other heirs would generally include the account value in income. Transfers to a spouse under a qualifying divorce instrument would not be taxed. These rules would apply for tax years beginning after December 31, 2026.
Transfers, rollovers, and excess penalties
This bill would allow a one-time, irrevocable trustee-to-trustee transfer from an IRA to a home savings account and exclude that transfer from income (limited to the account dollar cap). It would allow a 60-day rollover to another home savings account to avoid tax, subject to a one-per-year restriction. If you overcontribute, you could return the excess by your tax filing deadline (including extensions) and include the net income on that excess in income. Remaining excess contributions would be subject to excise tax rules. These rules would apply for tax years beginning after December 31, 2026.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
PA • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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