Instructions for Form 5498-ESA, Coverdell ESA Contribution Information Revision Date 10/31/2022

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2024
Instructions for Form
5498-ESA
Coverdell ESA Contribution Information
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code
unless otherwise noted.
Future Developments
For the latest information about developments related to
Form 5498-ESA and its instructions, such as legislation
enacted after they were published, go to IRS.gov/
Form5498ESA.
Reminders
In addition to these specific instructions, you should also
use the current General Instructions for Certain
Information Returns. Those general instructions include
information about the following topics.
Who must file.
When and where to file.
Electronic reporting.
Corrected and void returns.
Statements to recipients.
Taxpayer identification numbers (TINs).
Backup withholding.
Penalties.
Other general topics.
You can get the General Instructions for Certain
Information Returns at IRS.gov/1099GeneralInstructions
or go to IRS.gov/Form5498ESA.
Online fillable form. Due to the very low volume of
paper Forms 5498-ESA received and processed by the
IRS each year, this form has been converted to an online
fillable format. You may fill out the form, found online at
IRS.gov/Form5498ESA, and send Copy B to the recipient.
For filing with the IRS, follow the applicable procedures if
you are required to file electronically, or, for this form
only, if you are qualified to file on paper, send in the
black-and-white Copy A with Form 1096 that you print
from the IRS website.
Specific Instructions
File Form 5498-ESA, Coverdell ESA Contribution
Information, with the IRS for each person for whom you
maintained any Coverdell education savings account
(ESA) during 2024.
A Coverdell ESA is a trust or custodial account created
or organized in the United States exclusively for the
purpose of paying the qualified education expenses of an
individual who is the designated beneficiary of the trust or
custodial account. The account must be designated as a
Coverdell ESA at the time it is created or organized in
order to be treated as a Coverdell ESA for tax purposes.
The governing instrument creating the trust must meet the
requirements of section 530(b)(1).
Contributions. You must report contributions, including
rollover contributions, to any Coverdell ESA on Form
5498-ESA. See the instructions under Box 1 and Box 2,
later. If no reportable contributions were made for 2024,
no return is required.
For contributions made between January 1, 2025, and
April 15, 2025, trustees and issuers should obtain the
participant's designation of the year for which the
contributions are made.
Rollovers and transfers. Report on Form 5498-ESA
all rollovers, including a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer
from one Coverdell ESA to another Coverdell ESA. A
rollover can be made from certain U.S. Savings Bonds or
another Coverdell ESA. The contribution of a military
death gratuity to a Coverdell ESA is a rollover contribution.
Any amount distributed from a Coverdell ESA may be
rolled over to another Coverdell ESA and is not taxable if it
is paid no later than the 60th day after the date of such
payment or distribution into another Coverdell ESA for the
benefit of the same beneficiary or a member of the
beneficiary's family who has not attained age 30 as of
such date. The preceding sentence shall not apply to any
payment or distribution if it applied to any prior payment or
distribution during the 12-month period ending on the date
of the payment or distribution.
Family member. Family members of the designated
beneficiary include the beneficiary's spouse. Also
included are the beneficiary's children, stepchildren, foster
children, and their descendants; siblings and their
children; parents, their siblings, and ancestors;
stepparents; in-laws; the spouse of any of the foregoing;
and any first cousin of the designated beneficiary.
Total distribution, no contributions. Generally, if a total
distribution was made from an account during the year
and no contributions (including rollovers) were made for
that year, you do not need to file Form 5498-ESA.
Distributions. Report distributions from any Coverdell
ESA on Form 1099-Q, Payments From Qualified
Education Programs. Any change in the beneficiary of the
Coverdell ESA is not treated as a distribution if the new
beneficiary is a family member (see above) of the prior
beneficiary and has not reached the age of 30 (except for
a beneficiary with special needs).
Statements to participants. If you are required to file
Form 5498-ESA, you must furnish a statement to the
beneficiary (participant) by April 30, 2025.
For more information about the requirement to furnish
statements to participants, see part M in the General
Instructions for Certain Information Returns.
Sep 13, 2023 Cat. No. 34006Q

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