An FSA is a qualifying benefit under a Section 125 plan, or cafeteria plan. Health FSAs are the most common type of flexible spending arrangement. You can offer FSA plans to employees as a standalone benefit or in conjunction with traditional health insurance or high-deductible health plans. ...
often via a debit card. For employees to be eligible for an FSA, you must offer them a traditional group medical plan and establish a Section 125 Cafeteria Plan.
(health FSA) under a cafeteria plan, health reimbursement arrangement or other employer health plan for over-the-counter (OTC) drugs is excludible from gross income under IRC section 105(b); however, amounts an employee pays for dietary supplements are not reimbursable or excludible, nor can ...
A health FSA is an employer-established benefit plan. Your employer can offer them with other benefits as part of a cafeteria plan. A health FSA allows you to be reimbursed for qualified medical expenses, including co-pays, eyeglasses, prescriptions, insulin, and other medical expenses not cove...
(f) provides the mechanism. Employers have been able to contribute to the benefit since 1992. Qualified transportation fringes are intended to provide tax-advantaged dollars for employee commuting expenses like parking, mass-transit passes, van pools, sometimes even bicycle...
Fitting an HSA into Your Financial Plan Coming up with an extra $3,000-$7,000 per year for investments isn’t easy for everyone, but the tax benefits here make an HSA a no-brainer if you’re eligible. Even if that means taking a little from your other retirement contributions, the ta...
For flexible spending accounts (“FSAs”) that are funded solely by salary reduction, no reporting should be made. However, the health FSA value for the plan year that is in excess of the employee’s cafeteria plan salary reduction for all qualified benefits should be included.Send...
Maddox closed the Pickrick on August 13, and reopened the business on September 26 as the Lester Maddox Cafeteria, where he pledged to serve only “acceptable” Georgians. During a trial for contempt of court on September 29, Maddox argued against the charges because he was no longer offerin...