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TT is asking me for a distribution code for HSA form 1099-sa. I did not receive any distributions. How do I proceed?

hpkid — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:54:24 GMT

Box 3. If no distributions, can I leave blank?

Re: TT is asking me for a distribution code for HSA form 1099-sa. I did not receive any distribut...

MaxA1 — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 03:38:05 GMT

Yes, you can leave it blank, BUT I suggest that you go back to the wage and income section and revisit the Less common income section and look at the 1099-SA, HSA, MSA questions to make sure there is no information in there that is making TurboTax think you took out distributions from an HSA account; resulting in turbotax asking you for a distribution code.

Re: TT is asking me for a distribution code for HSA form 1099-sa. I did not receive any distributions. How do I proceed?

dmertz — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:30:52 GMT

If you received a Form 1099-SA, the payer is indicating that you received a distribution and box 3 must have a distribution code. Distributions include using funds from your HSA to pay medical expenses.

If you received no Form 1099-SA, delete the form from TurboTax.

Re: TT is asking me for a distribution code for HSA form 1099-sa. I did not receive any distributions. How do I proceed?

hpkid — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:56:59 GMT

I am sorry I wasn't clear. I did not receive a 1099-sa because I did not have any distributions. TT was still requesting a code for the box 3 of the form after filling out HSA info. I re-reviewed my steps after initially leaving a blank response for box 3 and TT didn't flag it again. Can't really explain why it didn't re-flag it but it cleared this time!?!

Thank you for taking the time to respond!

Re: TT is asking me for a distribution code for HSA form 1099-sa. I did not receive any distribut...

hpkid — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 15:01:34 GMT

I re-reviewed as suggested. Didn't make any changes but it somehow passed after ignoring the box3 entry a couple of times.

Thank you very much for taking the time to respond!

REastman