Thank you for your patience, form 8889 processing is obtuse.
Listen, line 16 is for taxable HSA distributions, not contributions. You entered a 1099-SA, right? It had the amount of $3,086, right? It had the distribution code of '1', right? And because of the '1', TurboTax asked you how much of the distribution was used for qualified medical expenses (and you said all, right?).
So it is correct that line 16 (8889) is zero, because you had zero taxable distributions on the one 1099-SA that you entered. Since the 1099-SA for the excess contributions (which turns into a distribution if the contributions were through the employer) is usually received a year later (i.e., your 1099-SA with $743 in box 1, some unknown amount of earnings in box 2, and code '2' in box 3), should arrive in time for your 2025 return, in early 2026.
Now, I have made some assumptions on what you did; would you please confirm them for me? And does line 16 being zero now make sense?
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