Flexible Spending Accounts
September 23, 2013
A flexible spending account (FSA), also known as a flexible spending arrangement, is one of a number of tax-advantaged financial accounts that can be set up through a cafeteria plan. An FSA allows an employee to set aside a portion of earnings to pay for qualified expenses as established in the cafeteria plan, most commonly…
Minister not allowed housing allowance exclusion.
September 5, 2013
A minister didn’t receive a salary from his church, but the church paid his personal credit card charges, his home mortgage and home utility expenses. He claimed these payments should be excluded from his income because he made a vow of poverty. The Tax Court upheld the IRS in finding the payments were taxable income….
