I'm doing my AZstate taxes and one of the questions is to "Enter your long term health care savings account under Arizona law." Is this the same as my HSA contributions?

[tslarsen11]

I contribute to an HSA account under payflex, but I was wondering if the LTHSA for Arizona would be the same amount I contributed to this regular HSA account

[BMcCalpin · Accepted solution]

No, your HSA and a long-term health care savings account in Arizona are two different things, even though you can use HSA funds (within limits) to pay for long-term health care premiums.

Arizona defines the following:

3. "Long-term health care savings account" means a trust established or organized in this state exclusively for the purpose of paying the long-term health care expenses of the taxpayer who established and made contributions to the account. See the Arizona Legislature's website.

Since your HSA was not created to exclusively pay long-term health care expenses, this means that it is not the same as the Arizona long-term health care savings account.