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Flexible Spending Account
Making the most of your paycheck becomes simpler when you utilize tax-free funds for qualified healthcare expenses. By enrolling in a health care Flexible Spending Account (FSA), you allocate pretax dollars via automatic deductions from your paycheck, thereby decreasing your taxable income.
How it Works
Upon enrollment in a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Benefit Resources will send you a debit card for convenient payment of healthcare expenses. It is crucial to retain your receipts, as you will need to demonstrate that your expenses were indeed healthcare-related.
Make an eligible purchase, swipe the card and save the receipt; or pay out of pocket for the eligible purchase, download the app, scan the receipt and voila you’ll be reimbursed in a few days – many find this method easier than using the debit card.
Key guidelines:
- Download the mobile app for quick and easy reimbursement.
- Use it or lose it. Contributions are only available for the current calendar year.
- You have until March 31 of the subsequent year to submit claims for reimbursement for expenses incurred in the current year.
What is Eligible
Your Flexible Spending Account can cover a range of costs, including deductibles, co-insurance, co-pays, prescription and some over-the-counter medications, health supplies, and several other qualified expenses. For a comprehensive list of eligible expenses, refer to IRS Publication 502, Medical and Dental Expenses.
A smarter, simpler, more convenient way to take charge of your Flexible Spending Account.
Wellness Credits
Did you know...
You can contribute to a Flexible Spending Account for medical, dental and vision expenses as long as you’re not enrolled in the Health Savings Account Medical plan (HSA). The HSA already gives you a tax benefit on medical expenses.
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Money Saving Tips
Substantiate Claims – BRI will request receipts for purchases made with the debit card. If receipts are not provided, the expense can be considered taxable income.
Check Your Balance – Look at your account balance before the end of the plan year. Don’t lose your hard earned money by not utilizing your contributions. Remember FSA is use it or lose it.
Shop the FSA Store – Find a wide Selection of over 2,500 FSA eligible products in one convenient place to help spend down unused funds.