Flexible Spending Accounts
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For an official guide to your benefits, please visit FSAFEDS Information Site
This page has official answers to all of your questions:
- What is a Flexible Spending Account?
- How does a FSA work?
- How do I know if I am eligible to enroll in FSAFEDS?
- How does a Health Savings Account (HSA) affect my FSAFEDS eligibility?
- How do I enroll in FSAFEDS?
- Can I pre-enroll in FSAFEDS?
- What if I couldn't enroll during the Open Season?
- How do I enroll if I am a new or newly eligible employee?
- If I enroll outside of Open Season, when is my election effective?
- Can I change my election after I've enrolled?
- When is my election or change in election effective?
- How are my deductions from pay (allotments) determined?
- What is the FSAFEDS Benefit Period?
- What is the "Use-it-or-Lose-it" Rule?
- What is a Qualified Life Event?
- Does participating in FSAFEDS cost me anything?
- How can I keep track of my account?
- What happens if I go on a period of Leave Without Pay (LWOP)?
- What happens if I separate before the end of the Benefit Period?
- If I separate but return to work for another government agency, will my FSA be reinstated?
- When does my participation in FSAFEDS end?
- How do I submit a claim for reimbursement?
- How do I appeal a claim that has been denied?
