Medical Expenses

[Guest slupayroll]

If an employee is participating in the medical reimbursement account, and his dependent pays for his medical care- can the employee cover this on his reimbursement plan?

Any help would be appreciated.

[papogi]

If the dependent is paying for the medical costs of the employee, then the dependent may be in a situation where the employee is actually his dependent, and then the dependent can write off these medical costs on his/her taxes. This is probably not the case here, however. If this is a case where the dependent is just being nice by paying the medical costs of the employee, the employee can still receive reimbursements from his/her flex account for those amounts. The IRS doesn’t really care where the actual dollars are coming from to pay the expenses, but they want to be sure that the person is eligible for these tax benefits. They don’t want the employee to get the benefit from the FSA, then the dependent write these off on his/her taxes, for instance.