{"id":16273,"date":"2022-02-09T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=16273"},"modified":"2022-04-05T09:05:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T13:05:39","slug":"fsa-deadline-reminder-for-2021-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=16273","title":{"rendered":"FSA Deadline Reminder for 2021 Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you still have funds left over from your 2021 flexible spending account (FSA)? Good news! If you signed up for a health care FSA, dependent care FSA or both in 2021 and still have funds remaining in your account, you have a grace period in 2022 to use these funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grace period gives you time to purchase new products or services before you forfeit unused 2021 funds. Don\u2019t lose your money! Take note of the following important deadlines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>March 15, 2022<\/strong>: this is the last day you can incur qualified expenses on your 2021 FSA plan.<\/li><li><strong>April 30, 2022<\/strong>: this is the last day you can submit your claims to HealthEquity\/WageWorks, MSU\u2019s FSA plan administrator. You can do this via your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wageworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HealthEquity\/WageWorks account<\/a>&nbsp;or the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wageworks.com\/employees\/employee-benefits-account-management\/wageworks-ez-receipts-mobile-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WageWorks EZ receipts app<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The IRS requires you to forfeit any unused 2021 funds after the deadline, so be sure to spend your money and submit claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a Dependent Care FSA, you can use pre-tax dollars to pay for eligible dependent care services, such as child or elder daycare, preschool, and before\/after school programs.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.healthequity.com\/learn\/dependent-care-expenses?__hstc=69518671.cebde35db8b4fead577c9b83eaa0630f.1639492750246.1639492750246.1639492750246.1&amp;__hssc=69518671.2.1639492750247&amp;__hsfp=4053557\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find a complete list of eligible dependent care expenses here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a Health Care FSA, you can purchase a variety of products and services with pre-tax dollars.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/healthequity.com\/qme?&amp;__hsfp=4053557&amp;__hssc=69518671.3.1639492750247&amp;__hstc=69518671.cebde35db8b4fead577c9b83eaa0630f.1639492750246.1639492750246.1639492750246.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find a complete list of eligible health care expenses here<\/a>. If you need ideas for what to use your health care FSA funds on, check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fsastore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FSA store<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Questions?<\/strong>&nbsp;Please contact HealthEquity\/WageWorks directly at 877-924-3967 or visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wageworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HealthEquity\/WageWorks website<\/a>&nbsp;to learn more about how to use your leftover 2021 funds before the deadline. You can learn more about FSAs on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/benefits\/flexible-spending-accounts\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HR website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you still have funds left over from your 2021 flexible spending account (FSA)? Good news! If you signed up for a health care FSA, dependent care FSA or both in 2021 and still have&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=16273\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> FSA Deadline Reminder for 2021 Funds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16410,"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":[677,123,124,412],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FSA-Deadline-Reminder-UPDATED-IMAGE.jpg?fit=2083%2C1042&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-4et","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16273"}],"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=16273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16275,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16273\/revisions\/16275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}