My HSA switched administrators and therefore transferred money from the old one to the new one. The old administrator institution issued a 1099-SA with a normal distribution code of 1. However, the money was strictly transferred from one account to another without any action on my part. I did not take the money out for medical expenses.
The new administrator institution issued a 1099-SA for the actual amount of money I did use for medical expenses.
Do I enter both 1099-SA's in turbo tax and just check that I used the transferred amount for medical expenses? there are not other choices.
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You can enter the 1099-SA and indicate that the total amount was rolled over.
Next, enter the 1099-SA which was used for medical expenses.
If the only funds the left the old HSA during the year were those that were moved directly to the new HSA, no Form 1099-SA should have been issued and you should ask the old HSA custodian to correct the form to show $0 distributed, otherwise you would have to report it as a rollover as KrisD15 indicated. However, treating it as a rollover involves the one-rollover-per-12-months limitation. That limitation is not an issue if you did not roll over a distribution in the 12 months prior and will not do a rollover in the 12 months after, but you do not know what the future holds. You don't want to limit yourself by reporting a rollover on a transfer that was actually not a distribution and rollover. Also, if the new custodian properly treats it as a transfer and not a rollover, the new HSA custodian will not issue a Form 5498-SA that shows receipt of a rollover. The reporting of a distribution and rollover without the Form 5498-SA confirming receipt of a rollover could raise a red flag with the IRS.
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