Two W-2s

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My daughters taxes should be very easy, in theory. She has a job and a savings account that pays less than $10 in interest. No kids nada.

But she got two W-2s. One is for $250 and she gets these forms that she has $250 in a health savings account (which she doesn’t contribute to) so how will she fill this out? Box 12a.

What’s the best free tax software to steer her towards.

Thanks

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But she got two W-2s.
Did she get two separate W-2s?
Or is it a single W-2 (single job) which came in two parts?
Or a W-2 for the job, and then a 2nd W-2 that’s a “corrected” W-2?

If the same employer is listed on both the two W-2 forms, it’s probably not two W-2s.
If it’s different employers, then could be she had a 2nd job. (long ago I had a job where my “employer” for the first 2 weeks or 4 weeks was a temp agency, then after that it was the actual company I was physically at, so I had two W-2s from that single job)

so how will she fill this out? Box 12a.
Whatever is on the W-2 for box 12a (and other boxes) is what she puts in to the tax software.

she gets these forms that she has $250 in a health savings account (which she doesn’t contribute to)
It could be her employer contributed $250 on her behalf to the HSA in 2021.
OR it could be that she has $250 still in her HSA from contributions prior to 2021.
Is she using a High Deductible Health Plan? If she is not covered by an HDHP or is covered by insurance other than a HDHP she might owe taxes on an HSA contribution.

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