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March 3, 2020
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Do I have to have a form 8889? I have never heard of this before. They did not give me that form. Where do I go from here?

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March 3, 2020

Form 8889 is required to be filed with your tax return when you have a Health Savings Account (HSA) and you made contributions to that account during the year.  This is probably reported on your W-2 in box 12 with code W.  

 

You would not be given a Form 8889, it will be completed as part of your tax return as a result of going through the HSA section of your return.  This section will verify your eligibility of contributing to an HSA, calculate the contribution limit, and accept the inputs of the amount that was contributed. 

 

Use these steps to go to that section of your return:

  • On the top row of the TurboTax online screen, click on Search (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax locate the search box in the upper right corner)
  • This opens a box where you can type in “hsa” (be sure to enter exactly as shown here) and click the magnifying glass (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax, click Find)
  • The search results will give you an option to “Jump to hsa
  • Click on the blue “Jump to hsa” link and enter your information
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