dmertz
Level 15

Deductions & credits

Code 5 makes no sense.  Code 5 is for a prohibited transaction which is almost impossible to have with an HSA.  Prohibited transactions are such things as you selling investments to or buying investments from the HSA or using the HSA as collateral for a loan.  If the distribution really was the result of a prohibited transaction, the funds are permanently taxably distributed not not permitted to be moved to another HSA.

 

If the HSA was distributed to you and you deposited the money into anther HSA, the distribution should be reported on Form 1099-SA with code 1.  If the HSA was moved by trustee-to-trustee transfer where the funds were never paid to you, there should have been no Form 1099-SA at all.

 

Contact the payer to issue a corrected code-5 Form 1099-SA showing $0 distributed and to either issue a code-1 Form 1099-SA in its place or no other Form 1099-SA at all depending on how the funds were moved.