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If I remove excess hsa contribution and interest is few cents to few dollars, do I need to worry? Do I claim excess hsa contribution as income?
If I remove excess hsa contribution, 1. how do I calculate the interest? Should it start at the latest contribution date (or approx. the date that would incur the excess)? If interest is few cents to few dollars, do I need to worry? Do I claim excess hsa contribution as Other income?


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If I remove excess hsa contribution and interest is few cents to few dollars, do I need to worry? Do I claim excess hsa contribution as income?
The moment that TurboTax detected that you had an excess contribution, if the excess was through your employer (i.e., from the code W in box 12 of your W-2), then the excess was added to Line 21 (Other Income) on your 1040. You do not have to do anything else about the actual excess amount, other than to decide if you will withdraw it or not.
As for the earnings from the excess contributions made while the excess was in the shield of the HSA, your HSA administrator will send you a 1099-SA shortly after the close of the next tax year with a code of '2' and the amount of the earnings. You will put this on your next tax year's tax return and it will be added as Other Income.
The reason the earnings are income for the next tax year is because the earnings span the period of the current tax year and the next tax year, so the IRS has you report it just once in the next tax year.
[Edited 3/11/2020 3:02 pm CDT - made year neutral]
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If I remove excess hsa contribution and interest is few cents to few dollars, do I need to worry? Do I claim excess hsa contribution as income?
The moment that TurboTax detected that you had an excess contribution, if the excess was through your employer (i.e., from the code W in box 12 of your W-2), then the excess was added to Line 21 (Other Income) on your 1040. You do not have to do anything else about the actual excess amount, other than to decide if you will withdraw it or not.
As for the earnings from the excess contributions made while the excess was in the shield of the HSA, your HSA administrator will send you a 1099-SA shortly after the close of the next tax year with a code of '2' and the amount of the earnings. You will put this on your next tax year's tax return and it will be added as Other Income.
The reason the earnings are income for the next tax year is because the earnings span the period of the current tax year and the next tax year, so the IRS has you report it just once in the next tax year.
[Edited 3/11/2020 3:02 pm CDT - made year neutral]
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If I remove excess hsa contribution and interest is few cents to few dollars, do I need to worry? Do I claim excess hsa contribution as income?
Just want to check and make sure, and it sounds fair, even if the excess income is less than $1 or few dollars (<$10 probably)? List that amount as excess income in 2018?
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