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Flexible Spending Accounts

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Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) allow you to contribute - through payroll deduction on a pre-tax basis - to a health care and/or dependent care spending account. You request reimbursement from your accounts for eligible expenses as outlined by the IRS.

Participants can use the account to pay for over-the-counter medicines, co-pays or co-insurance at the doctor, dentist or pharmacy, eyeglasses, prescribed weight-loss programs, smoking cessation programs and more. Find out more

Are my dependents, spouse, or partner eligible for this benefit?

This benefit may be available for expenses incurred by your eligible spouse and dependents

Will this affect my taxes?

Flexible Spending Account contributions are taken from your pay before taxes, reducing the gross amount that can be taxed

When can I change my benefit elections?

Eligible employees may change their Flexible Spending Account elections during Open Enrollment, or within 31 days of a qualifying status change. You can enroll by completing the FSA Qualifying Event Election Form. You must re-enroll each year, even if you are not making any changes to your elections. Once begun, contributions to an FSA cannot be stopped or changed during the plan year except when a qualifying status change occurs.