Contents of the Manage Medical Care FSA Plan Year Screen

Use the fields and options to configure the Manage Medical Care FSA Plan Year screen.

Identification

Field Description
Plan Year

Enter the year, in YYYY format, that you wish to set up. The year must be between 1901 and 2078. When you enter this year, the Start Date defaults to 01/01/YYYY and the End Date defaults to 12/31/YYYY.

Details

Use the date fields this group box to enter the start and end dates for the plan year you are setting up. The date range should be a calendar year and cannot overlap existing plan years. You must also use this group box to enter the maximum dollar amount any employee can elect for the plan year for medical care expenses.

Field Description
Start Date

This field displays the default starting date for the plan year you have entered. To change this date, enter a new date, in MM/DD/YYYY format, on which this plan year begins. This is a required field.

End Date

This field displays the default ending date for the plan year you have entered. To change this date, enter a new date, in MM/DD/YYYY format, on which this plan year ends.

Maximum Amount

Enter the maximum dollar amount that any employee can elect for medical care FSA expenses for this plan year.

Minimum Amount Enter the minimum amount that employees are allowed to elect for medical care FSA expenses for this plan year.
Grace Period Days

Enter the number of grace period days for this plan year.

Allow Carryover of Unused Funds

Select this check box to carry over unused medical care FSA employee contribution  to the succeeding plan year up to the maximum amount indicated in the Carryover Limit field.

This field is disabled and cleared if you enter a value greater than zero in the Grace Period Days field.

Carryover Limit

Enter the maximum amount of unused employee contributions in the current plan year that can be carried over to the succeeding plan year.

This field is disabled and blank if the Allow Carryover of Unused Funds check box is not selected.