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Maximize Your Savings: Understanding Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

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Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) are a powerful tool allowing you to set aside pre-tax dollars for eligible expenses. With an FSA, you can pay for out-of-pocket medical costs such as copays, glasses, orthodontic work, out-of-network expenses, over-the-counter medications, chiropractic services, and more. Additionally, it provides tax advantages for dependent care expenses like childcare and elder care. By utilizing an FSA, you could save 25% to 40% on expenses you expect to incur. However, be cautious not to leave unused funds in your account, as they may be lost.

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Maximize Your Savings: Understanding Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

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  1. Flexible Spending Accounts What in the world are you waiting for?

  2. Who is doing this?

  3. Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Federal statue that allows you to set aside pre-tax dollars to use for certain expenses.

  4. Use your 125 plan to pay for non-reimbursed Medical expenses • Copays • Glasses (over our benefit) • Orthodontic work over $2700 • Out of network costs • Over the counter meds (i.e. aspirin, cold meds, etc) • Chiropractic services

  5. Other medical • Lasik Surgery • Travel and mileage to the doctor or hospital

  6. Dependent Care Expenses • Child care from a licensed provider so you can work • Elder Care Up to $5000 if you file a joint tax return. Up to $2500 if filing separate.

  7. WHY?? • Save 25% - 40% on expenses you are going to have anyway • The full amount of the FSA is immediately available

  8. An FSA of $1000 You save: between $250 and $400

  9. You know you will have $4000 in child care expenses: You save at least $1000

  10. $2500 paycheck -$625 fed tax Leaves $1875 take home A $200 FSA per check reduces your pay to: $2300 adjusted pay -$575 fed tax Take home $1725 But the $200 is still yours!! Simple Example (using the lowest fed tax of 25%)

  11. CAUTION • If you don’t use up the money you have set aside, then you will lose it.

  12. NEW FOR 2011 • Over the counter medications will require a doctor’s prescription to get reimbursed.

  13. Steps to creating a claim online are easy

  14. When finished online • You print out a form that the website creates • Mail or fax it in • Cash in your bank account or a check to your house within days.

  15. Questions? Ari Klein 321-0020 aklein@chtu.org Or Sherice Kado 320-2047 S_Kado@chuh.org

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