BillM223
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Deductions & credits

You don't receive form 8889 in the mail or online; it is created by TurboTax as part of your tax return process.

 

TurboTax creates one or two forms: 8889-T for the primary taxpayer and 8889-S for the spouse (if necessary).

 

The forms that you may receive are the 1099-SA on which your HSA distributions are printed (money you paid for qualified medical expenses) and the 5498-SA on which various informational fields are entered. If you receive one or more 1099-SAs, you must enter them into TurboTax in the HSA interview (under Deductions & Credits->Medical). You do not have to enter anything from the 5498-SA, as the form is just for your records.

 

Your should receive the 1099-SA by the end of January, although as noted above you may be able to get it online. The 5498-SA will be sent as early as February or as late as the end of May - since you don;t have to use it on your tax return, the delivery date really doesn't matter.

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