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Your understanding of the entries on those two boxes is correct.
However, the IRS designed both the 8889 and the 5498-SA so presumably (knock on wood) they had a reason for doing it this way.
Perhaps the IRS is maintaining reports on your account that span multiple years, in which case, it would become clear what you did year-over-year.
So long as everybody is filling the forms out according to the instructions, the IRS can't ask for anything more.
Your understanding of the entries on those two boxes is correct.
However, the IRS designed both the 8889 and the 5498-SA so presumably (knock on wood) they had a reason for doing it this way.
Perhaps the IRS is maintaining reports on your account that span multiple years, in which case, it would become clear what you did year-over-year.
So long as everybody is filling the forms out according to the instructions, the IRS can't ask for anything more.
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