Kansas § 38-2504 Use of account moneys; withdrawals; subject to recapture, when; penalty

Kansas Statutes

§ 38-2504 — Use of account moneys; withdrawals; subject to recapture, when; penalty

Kansas § 38-2504

Ch. 38MINORS

Art. 25ADOPTION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 38-2504 (2026).

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(a)The moneys in an adoption savings account may be:

(1)Used for eligible expenses related to a designated beneficiary's adoption of a child;

(2)used for eligible expenses that would have qualified pursuant to paragraph (1) but the adoption was not completed;

(3)transferred to another newly created account;

(4)invested in certificates of deposit opened and designated as adoption savings accounts; and

(5)used to pay service fees assessed by the financial institution.

(b)Moneys withdrawn from an account shall be subject to recapture by the secretary in the tax year in which they were withdrawn if:

(1)At the time of the withdrawal, it has been less than a year since the first deposit in the account; or

(2)the moneys are used for any purpose other than the expenses or transactions aut

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(a) The moneys in an adoption savings account may be:
(1) Used for eligible expenses related to a designated beneficiary's adoption of a child;
(2) used for eligible expenses that would have qualified pursuant to paragraph (1) but the adoption was not completed;
(3) transferred to another newly created account;
(4) invested in certificates of deposit opened and designated as adoption savings accounts; and
(5) used to pay service fees assessed by the financial institution.
(b) Moneys withdrawn from an account shall be subject to recapture by the secretary in the tax year in which they were withdrawn if:
(1) At the time of the withdrawal, it has been less than a year since the first deposit in the account; or
(2) the moneys are used for any purpose other than the expenses or transactions authorized pursuant to subsection (a)(1).
(c) Moneys that are subject to recapture shall be an amount equal to the moneys withdrawn from an account and shall be added to the Kansas adjusted gross income pursuant to K.S.A. 79-32,117(b), and amendments thereto, of the account holder or, if the account holder is no longer living, the designated beneficiary. If any moneys are subject to recapture, the account holder shall pay a penalty in the following amounts:
(1) If the withdrawal of moneys occurred 10 or less years after the first deposit in the account, 5% of the amount subject to recapture; and
(2) if the withdrawal of moneys occurred more than 10 years after the first deposit in the account, 10% of the amount subject to recapture.
(d) The penalties provided in subsection (c) shall not apply if the withdrawn moneys are from an account after the death of the designated beneficiary, and the account holder did not designate a new designated beneficiary during the same tax year.
(e) If the account holder dies or, if the account is jointly owned and the account owners die, and the account does not have a surviving payable on death beneficiary, then all of the moneys in the account resulting from contributions or income earned from assets in the account shall be subject to recapture in the tax year of the death or deaths pursuant to K.S.A. 79-32,117, and amendments thereto, but no penalty shall be assessed pursuant to subsection (c).