FSAs are a fantastic way to pay for dependent care and health care expenses tax free – a likely savings on these expenses of 25%.
How FSAs Work
At the beginning of the plan year, you estimate how much you will spend over the next 12-15 months on either health care or dependent care up to [...]
matt New Resident Guide benefits
Your new residency, fellowship, or ‘real job’ programs, if they haven’t already, are probably beginning to mail out information about the benefits you will receive as their employee. There are often several choices to be made and making the wrong ones may force you to pay for services you’ll never use. Over the [...]
matt New Resident Guide benefits, Insurance
Since many of you will be moving at the end of June / early July, now is the time to start paring down your belongings and figuring out what means enough to you that it’s worth hauling to a new place. Most of the advice out there says you should go through your place room [...]
matt Taxes charity, decluttering, moving, Taxes
After reading our post detailing several tips for moving to start your new medical position, Bill at FP Pad suggested that I write a post talking about the potential for deducting the expenses you incur during your move on your taxes. Reducing taxes for something you have to do anyway? We’re all over [...]
matt Taxes moving, relocation, Taxes