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I have always felt this way about FSAs. They don’t save enough money to feel remotely worth the bureaucracy. Especially because (maybe this is not universal) th
by appplication 3y ago
I have always felt this way about FSAs. They don’t save enough money to feel remotely worth the bureaucracy. Especially because (maybe this is not universal) they don’t carry over year to year like an HSA. So you can actually lose money.
Similarly, my work has two options for commuter benefits. Monthly transit passes or like a $20/mo bike credit. The transit passes process automatically and do not accumulate. The bike credits can in theory accumulate but you need to manually manage these more that, bring receipts, the whole thing. Even though I’m an avid cyclist and spend well more than $20 on my bike related activities every month, the shenanigans around it just make it unusable to me.
- brightlancer 3y agoIn the US, FSAs are legally constructed to only run for the year (1/1 - 12/31). All of the money is available to you on Jan 1; it's not accrued per paycheck. If you spend everything in your FSA in January and quit your job, the company has to eat the loss. (IANAL, blah blah blah)
- maxerickson 3y agoIn the case of FSAs, it at least has the effect of moving the benefit to people with larger fixed medical expenses.