Hi, I have some medical expenses related to business travel (vaccinations) and my employer is supposed to be reimbursing me for the copays. My employer provides and subsidizes my health insurance but I still pay a portion of it. I'm wondering - can I use FSA funds to pay for these expenses? The reimbursement from my company should also be tax exempt right?
Thanks, Uri
If any payment you make is going to be reimbursed by your employer, then you should pay it out of your regular funds. The FSA is tax-sheltered, and since you are not really paying for these particular expenses (you know a reimbursement is coming), it would technically become a transfer of sheltered funds to regular income -- since the reimbursement would not normally be taxable.
IOW, if you did as you suggest, when you get the reimbursement, technically that would have to be treated as taxable, in order to restore the status quo.
Bill
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