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- Can our company match employees' pre-tax HSA contributions under our cafeteria plan?
- From the July 05, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Under our company’s cafeteria plan, participants can make pre-tax salary reduction contributions to their HSAs if they are HSA eligible. Can our company make matching contributions based on a percentage of participants’ HSA pre-tax ...
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- Is an SPD required for our company's health FSA?
- From the June 14, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company will soon begin offering a health FSA. Will we need to prepare and distribute a summary plan description (SPD) for this new benefit? If so, what information must be included? ANSWER: An SPD will be required for ...
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- How does USERRA apply to health FSAs?
- From the May 31, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We offer a health FSA under our cafeteria plan and have employees who may take USERRA leaves of absence. Does USERRA apply to health FSAs? ANSWER: Yes. USERRA’s health plan continuation and reinstatement rights for employees who ...
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- Can we allow employees to change their cafeteria plan elections during the plan year?
- From the May 24, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company is thinking about adopting a cafeteria plan. However, we’ve heard that employees’ cafeteria plan elections can’t be changed during the plan year. Is this correct and, if so, are there any exceptions ...
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- Are group health plans required to allow mid-year enrollment and option changes?
- From the April 12, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company has a major medical plan with HMO and PPO options. Employees pay their share of premiums through our cafeteria plan. An employee who has been covered under the HMO option recently got married. She wants to drop ...
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- Can our health FSA reimburse vitamins, and if so, under what circumstances?
- From the March 01, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Several of our company’s health FSA participants have asked whether vitamins qualify for reimbursement. What should I tell them? ANSWER: The answer depends on whether the vitamins are being taken for general health or for a specific ...
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- Where can our health FSA participants use electronic payment cards to pay for medical care expenses?
- From the February 01, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- Please see the updated Question of the Week. ...
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- What dental expenses can a limited-purpose health FSA cover?
- From the January 25, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company sponsors an HDHP and an HSA-compatible limited-purpose health FSA under our Code Section 125 cafeteria plan that pays vision, dental, and preventive care expenses on a first-dollar basis without regard to the HDHP deductible. ...
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- How does a health FSA grace period affect HSA eligibility?
- From the December 21, 2006 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We are thinking of amending our company’s calendar-year cafeteria plan to add a grace period under our health FSA. However, we have heard that this may adversely affect our employees’ HSA eligibility. Is this correct? ...
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- Can an employee participate in our DCAP and also claim the Dependent Care Tax Credit for her day-care expenses?
- From the December 07, 2006 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: One of our employees will be enrolling her two children (both under age 5) in day care in 2007, for a total cost of $10,000 per year. Can she elect the maximum of $5,000 in dependent care ...
