{"id":14777,"date":"2020-02-11T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=14777"},"modified":"2020-02-11T12:17:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T17:17:12","slug":"deadline-to-use-2019-fsa-funds-approaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=14777","title":{"rendered":"Deadline to Use 2019 FSA Funds Approaching!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you still have funds left over from your 2019 flexible\nspending account (FSA)? Good news! If you signed up for a health care FSA,\ndependent care FSA or both in 2019 and still have funds remaining in your account,\nyou have a grace period in 2020 to use these funds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grace period gives you time to purchase new products or\nservices before you forfeit unused 2019 funds. Don\u2019t lose your money! Take note\nof the following important deadlines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>March 15, 2020<\/strong>: this is the last day you can incur qualified expenses on your 2019 FSA plan.<\/li><li><strong>April 30, 2020<\/strong>: this is the last day you can submit your claims to WageWorks, MSU\u2019s FSA plan administrator. You can do this via your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wageworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (WageWorks account)\">WageWorks account<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=13251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (WageWorks EZ receipts app)\">WageWorks EZ receipts app<\/a>. Need help submitting claims? Try out the live chat option within your online WageWorks account \u2013 it\u2019s available 24\/7.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The IRS requires you to forfeit any unused 2019 funds after the deadline, so be sure to spend your money and submit claims. If you need ideas for what to use your health care FSA funds on, check out the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (FSA store)\" href=\"https:\/\/fsastore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">FSA store<\/a> or the article on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (Tips to Use Your FSA Funds)\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=14707\" target=\"_blank\">Tips to Use Your FSA Funds<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Questions?<\/strong>&nbsp;Contact WageWorks at 877-924-3967 or visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wageworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (WageWorks website)\">WageWorks website<\/a> to learn more about how to use your leftover 2019 funds before the deadline. Learn more about FSAs on the <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/benefits\/flexible-spending-accounts\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (HR website)\">HR website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you still have funds left over from your 2019 flexible spending account (FSA)? Good news! If you signed up for a health care FSA, dependent care FSA or both in 2019 and still have&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=14777\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> Deadline to Use 2019 FSA Funds Approaching!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[2],"tags":[311,123,124],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-3Ql","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14777"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14778,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14777\/revisions\/14778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}