Treasury May Revamp Flexible Spending Account Rule

The federal government is considering whether it should scrap the “use it or lose it” rules associated with the tax-free health care spending accounts known as FSAs.  This would result “in the end of what is often considered one of the most burdensome restrictions on FSA accounts: employees must spend all of the money they put aside for health purchases before the end of the year or forfeit that balance to their employer.”
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