Well that was unexpected. I got a $500 check from my dependent care flexible spending administrator. I forgot to submit my receipts before the January 2020 deadline so I thought I forfeited $500 with of dependent care reimbursements, especially since I got a denial letter after arguing with them a few times….
Well, the administrator ended up cutting me a check 4 months later. Apparently, due to being furlowed 1 day, it automatically triggered some weird benefit clause in our plan that says effectively removed any sort of submission deadline for those that had their employment terms modified in any sort of way, even temporary. Not sure why there would be an extended deadline for people that had their employee terms temporarily affected versus others that have not, but I don’t care. I get $500 that I thought I had forfeited. On a roll!
