topic Why does my hsa contributions decrease my tax refund? I initially put in my income and tax without my hsa contributions. then put in my contributions which was 5900.00 by me and 1000.00 by my employer in Deductions & credits https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/why-does-my-hsa-contributions-decrease-my-tax-refund-i-initially-put-in-my-income-and-tax-without-my/01/390992#M49311 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:23:59 GMT josahall 2019-06-04T19:23:59Z Why does my hsa contributions decrease my tax refund? I initially put in my income and tax without my hsa contributions. then put in my contributions which was 5900.00 by me and 1000.00 by my employer https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/why-does-my-hsa-contributions-decrease-my-tax-refund-i-initially-put-in-my-income-and-tax-without-my/01/390992#M49311 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:23:59 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/why-does-my-hsa-contributions-decrease-my-tax-refund-i-initially-put-in-my-income-and-tax-without-my/01/390992#M49311 josahall 2019-06-04T19:23:59Z Until you complete the HSA section to establish your elig... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/until-you-complete-the-hsa-section-to-establish-your-elig/01/391000#M49313 <P>Until you complete the HSA section to establish your eligibility to make the HSA contribution, TurboTax treats the contribution as an excess contribution and assesses a 6% excess-contribution penalty.<BR /></P> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:24:01 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/until-you-complete-the-hsa-section-to-establish-your-elig/01/391000#M49313 dmertz 2019-06-04T19:24:01Z