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Payroll Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Calculator

A Flexible Spending Account (FSA), sometimes referred to as a 'Cafeteria Plan' or 'Section 125 Cafeteria Plan', helps you keep more of your paycheck by reducing your Federal and state taxes. It allows you to pay certain expenses before taxes are deducted from your paycheck. These expenses include daycare, insurance premiums and many out-of-pocket medical costs. Use this calculator to see how participating in your employer's FSA can help you pay less tax, and increase your net take home pay.Withholding schedules, rules and rates are from "IRS Publication 15" and "IRS Publication 15T". This calculator uses the redesigned W-4 created to comply with the elimination of exemptions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).

While every effort has been made to provide reliable interactive calculators, ThinkAdvisor does not guarantee their accuracy. Data inputs of numerical values are hypothetical and for illustration purposes only. Data outputs may not be used to predict or project actual investment results. Where rates of return are shown, they are not representative of any particular investment.

Please be advised that this document is not intended as legal or tax advice. Accordingly, any tax information provided in this document is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer. The tax information was written to support the promotion or marketing of the transaction(s) or matter(s) addressed and you should seek advice based on your particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor.