Received 1099-SA after federal tax return was already accepted - what now?

This is a common situation with HSAs. Since you received a 1099-SA, it means you took distributions from your HSA during the tax year. Those distributions need to be reported on Form 8889, which should be filed with your tax return. The key question is whether your HSA distributions were used for qualified medical expenses. If they were used for qualified medical expenses, they're generally tax-free. If not, they're taxable income plus a 20% penalty if you're under 65. You'll definitely need to file a 1040X amendment. The good news is that if all your distributions were for qualified medical expenses, it likely won't change your refund amount much if at all. You'll just need to document that the distributions were qualified by filing Form 8889 with your amendment.

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Just want to add - KEEP ALL YOUR MEDICAL RECEIPTS! I had a similar situation and got audited because I couldn't prove my HSA withdrawals were for qualified medical expenses. Ended up paying tax plus the 20% penalty on part of my distributions. The IRS is particularly focused on HSA compliance in recent years.

From my understanding, you don't actually need to file an amendment if the only issue is that you didn't report qualified HSA distributions. The IRS usually only cares if you took non-qualified distributions that should have been taxed.