Thank you so much for looking into this, John!
I did everything of the above and it does not make a difference for line 6 of form 8889. Also, neither me nor my employer contributed to an HSA and my box 12d is empty and does not have a code W.
My husband did not contribute the maximum amount of 7300 dollar but only slightly above 3000 dollar through payroll deductions (which goes on line 9 of form 8889). Is this what causes line 6 to be that amount and not the full 7300 dollar?
As far as I understand it, as the amount on line 2 is 0 anyway, it does not seem to affect our taxable income because this makes our HSA deduction to remain 0.
