I got a letter late Dec 2015 from my employer informing me that, even though I've contributed $5000 to Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account for 2015, they have not determined that I am a high ncome earner and I am only allowed to contribute $1500 for 2015. The rest of $3500 will be considered regular income (but I still have to file a dependent care FSA to get them), but they will be reported as regular income.
I asked for some IRS links and they sent me a link to https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15b.pdf which was issued Dec 23 but it is for 2016, not 2015. I asked for a similar link for 2015 and I did not get it yet, but was told that such rules are in place since the 80s.
Assuming such rules are indeed valid for 2015, how can I fight back the late notification? If I knew this earlier, my spouse could have contributed the total $5000. Not doing so costed me more than $1000.
Any ideas on how I can fight such a late notification are appreciated.
I asked for some IRS links and they sent me a link to https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15b.pdf which was issued Dec 23 but it is for 2016, not 2015. I asked for a similar link for 2015 and I did not get it yet, but was told that such rules are in place since the 80s.
Assuming such rules are indeed valid for 2015, how can I fight back the late notification? If I knew this earlier, my spouse could have contributed the total $5000. Not doing so costed me more than $1000.
Any ideas on how I can fight such a late notification are appreciated.
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