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5 ways to alleviate your employees' hesitations with choosing in an FSA

WEX Inc.

Some individuals may be wary of reducing their take-home pay, especially if they are already on a tight budget. Illustrate how pre-tax contributions lead to significant savings over time, effectively reducing the impact on take-home pay. What you can do: Highlight the flexibility of FSAs.

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Flexible Benefit Plans Give Employees More Options

InterWest Insurance Services

Options can include: Health insurance, Voluntary benefits premiums (like vision and dental), Life insurance, 401(k), and. Besides the fact that your employees use money that hasn’t been taxed to pay for these benefits, the payroll deductions for them also reduce their taxable income while raising take-home pay.

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Increase Your Financial Well-Being Through Medical Savings

Benefit Resource Inc.

FSAs, on the other hand, allow for pre-tax contributions, reducing your taxable income and increasing take-home pay. Additionally, HSAs can be used for dental and vision expenses, while FSAs can be used for dependent care expenses , such as daycare or after-school programs.

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If You’re Paid Biweekly, You’ll Probably Get an Extra Paycheck in 2020

HR Digest

Whether this is your employer’s policy or not, it’s important to find out now how your employer is handling paycheck deductions for benefits like health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, hospital benefits and others. We opted not to reduce the amount of each paycheck, to avoid any negative impact for our employees.

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Financial Wellness Series Part Four – Build, Educate & Engage: Financial Wellness Benefits

AssuredPartners

Tip: Consider auto-enrolling employees at a 6% default rate and running a 1% or 2% challenge program each year to help them increase savings with little impact on their take-home pay. A financial wellness program with a long-term vision shows employees their employer cares and wants to help them succeed. Auto-escalation.

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What is a cafeteria plan? (Hint: It’s not related to lunch)

Benefit Resource Inc.

Types of expenses the FSA can pay for include co-pays, deductibles, and even some vision and dental expenses. A POP Plan gives employees the chance to set aside pre-tax money from their paycheck (like an FSA) but it pays for the premium costs associated with employer-provided health insurance.

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What is a cafeteria plan? (Hint: It’s not related to lunch)

Benefit Resource Inc.

Types of expenses the FSA can pay for include co-pays, deductibles, and even some vision and dental expenses. A POP Plan gives employees the chance to set aside pre-tax money from their paycheck (like an FSA) but it pays for the premium costs associated with employer-provided health insurance.