Deadline for Flexible Spending Accounts

Thursday, December 17, 2009, By News Staff

If you were enrolled in either a pre-tax dependent care or a health care flexible spending account in 2009 you must incur eligible expenses by December 31, 2009.

Health Care Flexible Spending Account Information:

In addition to medical and dental insurance co-pays, eligible expenses for the health care account include some over-the-counter health products and other IRS approved expenses. Visit http://hcet.ebia.com/ebs for a complete list of eligible items and http://humanresources.syr.edu/benefits/PreTaxHealth.html for further information about this benefit and the reimbursement form.

Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account Information:
The dependent care reimbursement account information and reimbursement form are available online at http://humanresources.syr.edu/benefits/PreTaxDep.html.

For information about either account contact the HR Service Center at hrservic@syr.edu or at 443-4042.