BillM223
Expert Alumni

Deductions & credits

What is happening is that TurboTax assumes that you will enter ALL medical expenses into Schedule A. As part of that process, you are also asked to enter insurance reimbursements. 

 

As a favor to you, TurboTax then transfers all HSA distributions to Schedule A as a reimbursement for all the medical expenses that you paid for with the HSA. This is great...unless you never entered any medical expenses paid for with the HSA.

 

This HSA distribution transfer is automatic, and you can't turn it off.

 

So if you don't want to enter each separate medical expense paid with the HSA, I suggest you enter a single Miscellaneous entry into Schedule A -  amount equal to the sum of all HSA distributions (probably your one 1099-SA), and a description of "total of expenses paid for with HSA".

 

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