Q-1: Do the comparability rules apply to amounts rolled over from an employee's HSA or Archer Medical Savings Account (Archer MSA)?
A-1: No. The comparability rules do not apply to amounts rolled over from an employee's HSA or Archer MSA.
Q-2: If an employee requests that his or her employer deduct after-tax amounts from the employee's compensation and forward these amounts as employee contributions to the employee's HSA, do the comparability rules apply to these amounts?
A-2: No.
Section 106(d) provides that amounts contributed by an employer to an eligible employee's HSA shall be treated as employer-provided coverage for medical expenses and are excludible from the employee's gross income up to the limit in
section 223(b). After-tax employee contributions to an HSA are not subject to the comparability rules because they are not employer contributions under
section 106(d).
Treas. Reg. § 54.4980G-2 — Employer contribution defined. · eCFR amendment effective 2016-12-30 · https://pensionresource.website/EAMain?content=EAMain.Law&id=cfr26-54.4980G-2 · printed Oct 19, 2026