Benefit Resource Inc.

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Pre-tax benefits are growing in popularity amongst employers and employees alike. This is because they offer a great way to save on taxes while still being able to use funds for medical, dependent care, and other expenses. In the last year alone, we’ve learned a lot about pre-tax benefits and how to maximize their potential.

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Benefit Resource Inc.

DECEMBER 2, 2021

2022 Changes to Dependent Care. A Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (often shortened to ‘Dependent Care FSA’) is a pre-tax benefit account used to pay for eligible services such as preschool, summer day camp, before/after school programs, and child or adult daycare.

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WEX Inc.

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Participating in a health savings account (HSA) or flexible spending account (FSA) is a great way to save money. Health savings accounts have a triple-tax advantage, meaning distributions for qualified medical expenses and investment returns are tax-free, and contributions are tax-deductible.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

OCTOBER 19, 2022

On October 18, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits for certain account-based health and welfare plans (see Rev.

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WEX Inc.

AUGUST 10, 2023

You might be surprised to learn that your health savings account (HSA) and medical flexible spending account (FSA) can help you save on purchases of a variety of back-to-school, expenses, including: Thermometers. HSA Medical FSA This blog post was originally published in August 2022 and most recently updated in August 2023.

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InterWest Insurance Services

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The IRS has released the 2023 maximum contribution amounts for health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. HSAs allow your staff to set aside a portion of their pre-tax earnings into an account they can tap later to reimburse for qualified medical expenses, including copays, coinsurance, deductibles and medications.

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InterWest Insurance Services

JULY 4, 2024

The plans are typically tied to a health savings account (HSA), which employees can fund with pre-tax dollars to reimburse for health-related expenses. It found that: 64% of health plan enrollees selected a traditional plan in plan year 2024, compared to 69% in 2022.

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WEX Inc.

JANUARY 3, 2023

Here are our top 10 blog posts from 2022: Your HSA when you change jobs Were you among the 20% of workers expected to quit their jobs in 2022? An HSA comes with three key tax-free perks: Contributions are tax-free, earnings are tax-free, and withdrawals for eligible expenses are tax-free.

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Griffin Benefits

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The IRS has finally announced adjustments to 2022 contribution limits on various tax-advantaged health and dependent care spending accounts, retirement plans, and other employee benefits such as adoption assistance and transportation benefits. Employees can deposit an incremental $100 into their health care FSAs in 2022.

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Health Consultants Group

OCTOBER 1, 2021

When you comply with their guidelines, the IRS doesn’t require you to withhold FICA, FUTA, Medicare, or income taxes from pre-tax contributions. Flexible Spending Accounts: funded by salary reduction. IRS guidelines restrict certain spending account benefits to maximum annual amounts. Accident and Health Benefits

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

On October 11, 2022, the US Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations to modify how affordability under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is determined for an offer of coverage to a family member by an employer-sponsored group health plan, effective for the tax year beginning after December 31, […]. (..)

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Griffin Benefits

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The IRS has finally announced adjustments to 2023 contribution limits on various tax-advantaged health and dependent care spending accounts, retirement plans, and other employee benefits such as adoption assistance and transportation benefits. Many of these contribution limits, though not all, are indexed to cost-of-living adjustments.

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HR Professionals Magazine

MARCH 2, 2022

If benefits compliance seems like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole, 2022 will not disappoint. While challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic dominate headlines, a number of new 2022 benefits compliance obligations and updates may fly under the radar. Effective for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2022.

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WEX Inc.

JULY 20, 2023

HSA or FSA options Similar to the choice in health plans, many participants told us in the survey that they wanted to choose between either a health savings account (HSA) or a flexible spending account (FSA). It is not legal, financial, or tax advice. The information in this blog post is for educational purposes only.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

OCTOBER 21, 2022

On October 18th, the IRS announced a slew of inflation adjustments for 2023, including to the annual contribution and carryover limits for healthcare flexible spending accounts and the monthly limit for qualified transportation fringe benefits. Increase from 2022 to 2023. Increase from 2022 to 2023. Health FSAs. .

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Perhaps most notably, the annual limit for pre-tax and Roth contributions by employees to 401(k) plans has jumped from $20,500 to $22,500, and the annual limit for “catch-up” contributions to such plans by employees who are age 50 or older has increased from $6,500 to $7,500. Increase from 2022 to 2023. Increase from 2022 to 2023.

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Business Management Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Almost all health plans offer add-on accounts — health flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, or health reimbursement accounts. Health flexible spending accounts. Health flexible spending accounts (FSAs) are probably the most common add-on accounts. Here are the basics.

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CorpStrat

JANUARY 17, 2023

Health flexible spending accounts (FSAs). Health FSA pre-tax contribution limit. Employees’ elective deferrals to 401(k) plans, pre-tax and Roth. Tax exclusion for adoption assistance benefits. IRS Revenue Procedure 2022-24: 2023 limits for HSAs and HDHPs. 401(k) plans. Transportation fringe benefit plans.

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Benefit Resource Inc.

DECEMBER 30, 2021

New Limits to FSAs, HSAs, Commuter Benefits for 2022. Pre-tax Account Limits for 2022. Health Flexible Spending Account: $2,850 (Up from $2,750 in 2021) Health FSA Rollover: $570 (Up from $550. Health Savings Account Limits for 2022. The Dependent Care FSA limit returns to $5,000 as of January 1, 2022.

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Higginbotham

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

2022 Health FSA Contribution and Transportation Reimbursement Limits Released. Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 125 imposes a maximum dollar limit on employees’ salary reduction contributions to a health flexible spending account (FSA). 1, 2022, the health FSA contribution limit is $2,850. 7,300 Family (2022).

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Griffin Benefits

OCTOBER 1, 2022

After this year, reporting will be due by June 1 for the prior calendar year (so reporting for 2022 will be due by June 1, 2023). Additionally, account-based plans, like health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) and health care flexible spending accounts (FSAs), are not required to report. Excepted benefits (e.g.,

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Benefit Resource Inc.

JULY 14, 2022

It’s July, and that means we’re already halfway through 2022! If you have a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), you probably have some funds to spend before the end of the year. Now is a great time to check in on your FSA funds and other pre-tax accounts. How to Spend Your FSA Funds.

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Benefit Resource Inc.

JULY 8, 2021

If you have a Medical Flexible Spending Account (FSA), you may have the ability to take leftover funds from one plan year and transfer them to the next. These changes enable you to avoid the end-of-year rush to spend your pre-tax funds and give you peace of mind. Other FAQ’s regarding the carryover feature: 2.

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Higginbotham

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

4, 2022, the Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury (Departments) jointly issued FAQs ( FAQs Part 52 ) regarding coverage of over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 tests. 19, 2022, but it is retroactive to Jan. PCORI Fee Amount Adjusted for 2022. 1, 2022 , since July 31, 2022, is a Sunday.

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Benefit Resource Inc.

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The IRS released the 2023 contribution limits for Mass Transit and Parking, Medical FSA, and Adoption Assistance in Revenue Procedure 2022-38. Maximum Election : $300 / month (up from $280 / month in 2022). Maximum Annual Limit : $3,050 (up from $2,850 in 2022). Maximum Credit: $15,950 (up from $14,890 in 2022).

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Higginbotham

JUNE 14, 2022

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) have emerged as one solution. Flexible Spending Account vs. Health Savings Account. An FSA is a type of savings account that lets people pay for certain out-of-pocket medical expenses using tax-free dollars. Flexible Health Spending Account Rules.

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Higginbotham

JULY 12, 2022

According to Investopedia , the maximum benefit in 2022 is $1,800. HRAs may sound like Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) or Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), but there are key differences. The Tax Benefits of Health Reimbursement Arrangements. Covering Out-of-Pocket Expenses and Medical Expenses.

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Higginbotham

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

It can be funded on a pre-tax basis, and the owner can use the untaxed funds for qualified medical expenses. Unlike Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), which are owned by employers, individuals own HSAs. There are significant tax advantages. The tax advantages can make health care more affordable. HSAs are portable.

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Business Management Daily

JANUARY 5, 2021

The law also extends expiring tax provisions and everything that could be jammed into 5,593 pages of federal legislation three days before Christmas. The key payroll provisions include: An extension of the paid sick/ family leave provisions and your tax credit for providing leave. Extensions of popular payroll tax provisions.

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Higginbotham

JANUARY 27, 2023

According to the KFF 2022 Employer Health Benefits Survey, 51 percent of all firms offer health benefits. Although it may seem easier to boost wages and forget about employee benefits, due to potential tax breaks, offering health insurance can be a financially sound strategy. Census Bureau says that 54.3

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CorpStrat

OCTOBER 26, 2022

18, 2022, the IRS announced various inflation-adjusted tax limits for 2023, including the limit on employees’ salary reduction contributions to health flexible spending accounts (FSAs) offered under cafeteria plans. Let’s take the Health FSA Limit Increase for 2023 as an example.

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Benefit Resource Inc.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

8, 2022) —Benefit Resource (BRI), a leading provider of innovative and dedicated administration of tax-free benefits programs, announced today the acquisition of North Coast Administrators (NCA), an Ohio-based administrator of consumer-directed benefits and benefit continuation services. ROCHESTER, N.Y.

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Higginbotham

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

percent of the employee’s household income for the year for purposes of both the pay or play rules and premium tax credit eligibility. 16, 2022, that will suffice. Substantiation Requirements Most FSAs are offered under a Section 125 cafeteria plan to allow employees to make pre-tax contributions. percent in 2023).

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Higginbotham

MARCH 17, 2023

While many employers are familiar with health savings accounts (HSAs) and flexible spending accounts (FSAs), lifestyle spending accounts (LSAs) are an emerging benefit that can provide flexible and personalized support to employees.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

On Friday, February 4, 2022, in response to stakeholder feedback, the Departments released—you guessed it— FAQs Part 52 , which clarifies their prior guidance on the new coverage requirements. Shipping costs (and taxes) are included in the $12 reimbursement limit for tests purchased from non-network providers. Fraud and Abuse.

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Insperity

MARCH 12, 2024

In addition to considering key questions when selecting a retirement plan provider , the recent passage of the SECURE Act of 2022 has made it even easier for employees to save more in 401(k) retirement plans and has given employers more incentive to offer these plans. Funds can be withdrawn for non-eligible expenses, but they will be taxed.)

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Business Management Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

We’ve written many times about the tax code’s prohibition on double-dipping — getting a double tax benefit on the same tax item, like taking a deduction and a tax credit for the same wages paid to the same employee. But the principle also applies if employees have flexible spending accounts or health savings accounts.

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