The Tax Man
FSA 101
CVEC Fun Facts
HSA Tips
HSA 101
100

Just like with HSA expenses, you will need to keep record of these sheets of paper, normally handed out after making a payment, in case the tax man comes knocking at your door.

What is a receipt?

100

The three letter acronym FSA stands for this.

What is a Flexible Spending Account?

100

This employee started off in the accounting department and worked his way up to become the head honcho at CVEC.

Who is Kelly Lankford?

100

Typing this URL into your web browser will take you to the home page of HSA Bank where you can login and access your HSA.

What is HSABANK.COM?

100

The three letter acronym HSA stands for this.

What is Health Savings Account?

200

Filling out this form could save your loved ones some tax dollars should you ever meet your demise.

What is a beneficiary form?

200

Just like the 401K, RS Pension Plan, major medical insurance, and dental insurance, this is the company through which the FSA benefits are administered.

What is the NRECA?

200

This popular breakfast item can be found in the breakroom on most safety meeting days.

What is a burrito?

200

Much like money in a 401k, choosing to do this with your HSA funds could net you a hefty tax-free growth of money over the years. 

What is invest?

200

This commonly used insurance term is also the amount CVEC generously deposits into your HSA on an annual basis.

What is a deductible?

300

You can use your HSA to pay for these without being subject to income tax or a penalty.

What are qualified medical expenses?

300

Unlike the HSA, this will happen to your unused FSA funds at the end of the year. 

What is expire?

300

At 10AM on any given weekday, you can expect to see this particularly awesome CVEC department getting their morning stroll in.

What is the accounting department?

300

Just like the 401k, you can set these up anytime during the year to increase your HSA funds with the benefit of reducing your taxable income.

What are contributions?

300

Unlike the funds in an FSA, this will not happen to the funds in an HSA at year-end.

What is expire?

400

Similar to most types of insurance, the FSA requires you to file these along with a proof of payment.

What is a claim?

400

This type of flexible spending account can be setup to pay for the cost of preschool, daycare or elder care with the benefit of reducing your taxable income.

What is a dependent care FSA?

400

This tasty snack is popular among cooperative employees and eaten frequently during break.  CVEC even has a machine similar to what is used at theatres to cook up a batch.

What is popcorn?

400

At age 65, you will no longer be subject to this percentage penalty from the IRS regardless of how you spend your HSA dollars.

What is 20%?

400

You can access your account funds, view your balance, send payments, upload receipts, view transactions and much more by downloading this to your mobile device.  

What is the HSA Bank App?

500

This term is used to describe deductions that are taken from an employee's paycheck before taxes are withheld.

What is pretax?

500

This type of flexible spending account can only be used for vision and dental expenses such as braces, eyeglasses, vision exams and Lasik eye surgery. Dollars contributed to this account also reduce your taxable income.

What is a limited FSA?

500

A picture of this fine CVEC employee hangs high above all else in the office of our line superintendent. 

Who is Newt Kitchens?

500

These are the names of the two investment options HSA Bank provides.

What is Devenir and TD Ameritrade?

500

These are the total dollar amounts CVEC deposits into your HSA yearly.

What is $3000 and $6000?

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