FSAs

Medical spending accounts

FSAs are flexible spending accounts—employer-sponsored benefits that let workers set aside pre-tax money for eligible expenses, typically medical costs or dependent care.

The money must usually be spent within the plan year or forfeited, creating end-of-year rushes to buy glasses or schedule procedures: I need to use up my FSA before December.

financial

flexible spending account

Pretax account for health costs

benefits · reimbursement · enrollment · employer · payroll deduction · grace period · rollover · forfeiture · contribution limit · medical expenses

computing

automata

Self-moving mechanical devices

accepting · deterministic · nondeterministic · NFA · Turing · computation · formal language · compiler · parser · pattern matching

regulatory

food safety

Illness prevention through handling

hygiene · regulations · UK · enforcement · standards · recalls · allergens · traceability · audits · certification

agricultural

USDA

Federal agriculture bureau

farmers · rural · disaster assistance · crop insurance · acreage · allotments · emergency loans · farmland · county office · ranchers

military

logistics

Coordination of complex activities

deployment · sustainment · battalion · brigade · ammunition · fuel · maintenance · theater · tactical · rear area

Opposites
tax-advantaged account type

FSAs401(k)s

Tax-advantaged retirement savings vehicles

IRAs · Roth IRAs · retirement accounts · annuities · pension plans

savings temporality

FSAsretirement savings

Money reserved for post-career

nest eggs · long-term investments · endowments · generational wealth

fund portability

FSAspersonal savings

Individually accumulated wealth

Family

FSA

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Abstract · Rated G