In the fall of 2013, the U.S. Treasury Department issued new rules allowing employers a $500 carryover option for their employees’ FSA money. Many companies had to work quickly to determine the viability of offering this new option versus going with the grace period allowing employees to roll over their entire unused account balance into the following year to pay for medical expenses incurred during the first 2 ½ months of the next plan year before the money is forfeited. Other organizations were already in the process of their 2014 open enrollment period and thus began their consideration of offering the new FSA option for their 2015 plan year. The Flexible Spending Account Benchmark Study gathered results from participants in all company sizes regarding their FSA approach in 2013 through 2015. Flexible spending accounts (FSA) provide employees a way to deduct pretax dollars from their paycheck to pay for certain types of medical, vision and dental expenses. These accounts offer companies a way to help employees manage their health care costs.