{"id":19937,"date":"2026-02-03T09:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=19937"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:38:15","slug":"fsa-deadline-reminder-for-2025-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=19937","title":{"rendered":"FSA Deadline Reminder for 2025\u00a0Funds\u202f\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you still have funds left over from your 2025 flexible spending account (FSA)? If you signed up for a health care FSA, dependent care FSA, or both in 2025 and still have funds remaining in your account, you have a grace period in 2026 to use these funds.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grace period gives you time to purchase eligible products or services before you forfeit unused 2025 funds. Don\u2019t lose your money! Take note of the following important deadlines:\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>March 15, 2026: <\/strong>This is the last day you can incur qualified expenses on your 2025 FSA plan.\u202fCheck your balance and submit claims via your\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/participant.wageworks.com\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HealthEquity account\u202f<\/a>or the\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/healthequity.com\/mobile-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EZ Receipts Mobile app<\/a>.\u202f<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>April 30, 2026:<\/strong> This is the last day you can submit your claims to HealthEquity, MSU\u2019s FSA plan administrator. You can do this via your\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/participant.wageworks.com\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HealthEquity account<\/a>\u202for the<a href=\"https:\/\/healthequity.com\/mobile-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u202fEZ Receipts Mobile app<\/a>.\u202f<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The IRS requires you to forfeit any unused 2025 funds after the deadline, so be sure to spend your money and submit claims\u202fbefore it\u2019s too late!\u202f<\/em><\/strong><\/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 adult daycare, preschool, and before\/after school programs.\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthequity.com\/dcfsa-qme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find a complete list of eligible dependent care expenses here.\u202f<\/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.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthequity.com\/fsa-qme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u202fFind 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<a href=\"https:\/\/fsastore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u202fFSA store.<\/a>\u202f\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Do I Sign Up for an FSA?\u202f<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Benefits-eligible employees are eligible to enroll in an FSA during\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/open-enrollment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Enrollment<\/a>\u202fin October each year or if they experience a\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/benefits\/life-change\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">qualifying life event<\/a>.\u202fFSAs are a great way to save money on out-of-pocket medical and\/or dependent care expenses. Be sure to<a href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/benefits\/flexible-spending-accounts\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u202flearn more and take note of which FSA<\/a> you\u2019re interested in before the next Open Enrollment period.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions?\u202f<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please contact HealthEquity directly at 877-924-3967 or visit the\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthequity.com\/learn\/flexible-spending-account\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HealthEquity website<\/a>\u202fto learn more about how to use your leftover 2025 funds before the deadline.\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/benefits\/flexible-spending-accounts\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can also learn more about FSAs on the HR website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you still have funds left over from your 2025 flexible spending account (FSA)? If you signed up for a health care FSA, dependent care FSA, or both in 2025 and still have funds remaining&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=19937\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> FSA Deadline Reminder for 2025\u00a0Funds\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":19944,"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":[1],"tags":[16,124,662,74,75,86],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/fsa-deadline-reminder.jpg?fit=2500%2C1313&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-5bz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19937"}],"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\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19937"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19949,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19937\/revisions\/19949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}