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It’s Time for a Mid-Year Financial Check-Up

Money Talk

We are almost at the halfway mark of 2022, which makes this a perfect time to assess your financial progress and take action over the next six months. In it, I urged a review of tax deductions/credits, tax withholding, budgeting/cash flow, flexible spending accounts, financial goal progress, and investment portfolio status.

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2022 New Compliance Considerations Keep Popping Up 

HR Professionals Magazine

If benefits compliance seems like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole, 2022 will not disappoint. While challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic dominate headlines, a number of new 2022 benefits compliance obligations and updates may fly under the radar. Effective for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2022.

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Executive benefit reimbursement plans

Higginbotham

Even with health insurance, dental insurance and vision insurance, employees tend to end up with some out-of-pocket costs that aren’t covered by their various plans. A benefit reimbursement plan offers a way to cover these costs. According to Investopedia , the maximum benefit in 2022 is $1,800. 1, 2020).

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The benefits of an HSA account

Higginbotham

Unlike Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), which are owned by employers, individuals own HSAs. If you have a high-deductible health plan, you must pay the deductible out-of-pocket before the plan starts covering its share of care costs – although the plan may cover certain preventative care costs before you meet the deductible.

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How to offer health insurance as a small business

Higginbotham

According to the KFF 2022 Employer Health Benefits Survey, 51 percent of all firms offer health benefits. Employees can then use this account to pay for qualified health insurance costs and medical expenses, including monthly premiums and out-of-pocket costs. Census Bureau says that 54.3

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CARES Act - Impact on HSAs, HCFSAs, and HRAs

AssuredPartners

Consumers may also receive reimbursement for OTC purchases through those accounts. In addition, menstrual products are now considered a qualified medical expense, meaning consumers can pay for or be reimbursed for these products through an HSA, HCFSA or HRA.

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“Free” COVID tests are causing headaches for employers

Business Management Daily

But the principle also applies if employees have flexible spending accounts or health savings accounts. Employees, on the other hand, would probably prefer safe harbor #1, since they incur no immediate out-of-pocket costs. One safe harbor, two options.