BillM223
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Is it possible that you had a carryover excess HSA contribution from 2021? And is it possible that line 2 was blank and not 0 (zero)?

 

If so, TurboTax is applying your excess HSA contribution carryover (well, $100 of it, anyway) to your 2021 tax return. The issue that is confusing is that form 8889 doesn't have a good way to show this. So TurboTax treats the carryover as a direct contribution in line 2 but doesn't print it in line 2 (because you didn't contribute it in 2022, so that would generate even more questions).

 

The result is that the imaginary number in line 2 is larger than $100 in your case, so for line 13, the choice is correct - but it just doesn't show you why line 12 is smaller than line 2.

 

If that doesn't fit your situation, come back and tell us.

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