What happens if I don’t spend all Plan contributions?. It depends on the program in which you are enrolled. For example, if you are enrolled in either a Tax- Free Transportation Plan or a Health Savings Account, any unused amounts will be carried over to the next Plan Year and will generally be available for use in future years. However, with respect to other Benefit options, subject to the applicable filing deadlines discussed in Article V, any contributed monies left at the end of the Plan Year will generally be forfeited. Having said this, qualifying expenses that you incur late in the Plan Year for which you seek reimbursement after the end of such Plan Year will be paid first before any amount is forfeited. However, if your Plan has adopted a Claims Extension Period (also known as an extended Grace Period) or Carryover Provision as further described within Section IX below, you have the additional period specified within Section I, “General Information About Our Plan”, to incur claims for you or your Dependents and still receive reimbursement for the Prior Year under the Plan. However, under all circumstances, you must make your requests for reimbursement no later than 90 days after the end of the Plan Year or by the end of the month following the end of the Claims Extension Period deadline. Because a number of different options are available to you and it is possible that you might forfeit amounts in the Plan if you do not fully use or rollover any allowable contributions that have been made, it is important that you decide how much to place in each account carefully before the Plan Year begins. You want to be as certain as possible that the amount you decide to place in your accounts will be used entirely. In addition, you should also note that any previous benefit payments made from any Account under the Plan that are unclaimed (e.g., uncashed benefit checks) by the end of the Plan Year following the period of coverage in which the qualifying expense was incurred will be forfeited to the Employer.
