Benefit Allocation Systems provides easy and accurate flexible spending account plan services. Employees who participate in an employer’s FSA serviced by BAS should know ...

Question of the Week

BAS
20.05.2021
Flexible Spending Accounts

Q.- An employee submitted a claim for therapy for her mental state due to problems in her marriage due to the pandemic. Is this expense eligible for reimbursement from ...

Dependent Care FSA Tax Consequences

BAS
13.05.2021
Health Care Reform (ACA)

The tax uncertainty of recent changes to dependent care flexible spending account plans has been addressed by the IRS.

Question of the Week

BAS
08.04.2021
Flexible Spending Accounts

Q.- A participant wants to enroll in our health FSA now but he didn’t make an election to do so during our open enrollment for the plan year starting 1/1/2021. He told ...

Question of the Week

BAS
01.04.2021
BAS News

Q.- Last year, we amended our health FSA to allow reimbursements of menstrual products and over-the-counter drugs without a prescription. Was this allowed just for the ...

PPE and Health FSA/HRA

BAS
01.04.2021
HR & Benefits Compliance

The IRS announced that amounts paid for personal protective equipment such as masks, hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes for the primary purpose of preventing the spread ...

IRS Guidance for Optional 125 Plan Changes

BAS
25.03.2021
HR & Benefits Compliance

The IRS issued Notice 2021-15 providing operational guidance for recent permitted FSA changes. This Notice clarifies the temporary, special rules for health flexible ...

Question of the Week

BAS
12.03.2021
Dependent Day Care FSA

Q.- A participant wants to enroll in our health FSA now but he didn’t make an election to do so during our open enrollment for the plan year starting 1/1/2021. He told ...

Question of the Week

BAS
18.02.2021
Healthcare FSA

Q.- An employee asked if the cost of a mail-in ancestry test he just purchased is eligible for reimbursement from his health FSA. Is it?

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