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Creative Use of Your Flexible Spending Account

Written by Nickel - 4 Comments
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I was just trolling my site statistics (as I do from time to time) when I discovered that someone found their way to this site by Googling ‘flexible spending account beer.’ I have no idea what (exactly) they were after, but I would imagine that someone out there has a big weekend planned, and they’re looking to make creative use of their FSA. If only that were possible… Maybe with a note from your doctor?

Published on February 3rd, 2006 - 4 Comments
Filed under: Miscellany

About the author: Nickel is the founder and editor-in-chief of this site. He's a thirty-something family man who has been writing about personal finance since 2005, and guess what? He's on Twitter!

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4 Responses to “Creative Use of Your Flexible Spending Account”

  1. 1
    Jeremy Says:

    If they find out how to do it, I hope they share the procedure.

  2. 2
    jim Says:

    I use beer as a painkiller so I can deduct it from my FSA. :)

  3. 3
    mbhunter Says:

    So is this in anyway related to share draft checking? If so, there’s trouble brewing.

  4. 4
    rebecca Says:

    As a nurse, I can tell you that beer and wine can be prescribed! It typically applies to patients who are being treated for alcohol withdrawl, or who convince their doctor they drink a glass of wine a day for medicinal purposes. The kicker… alcohol is prescribed from pharmacy (in a medical facility). It would would in fact show up on a bill as pharmaceutical. Not sure how much that would actually impact an FSA, but it makes for good bar trivia!

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