Cafeteria, or Section 125 plans include employer-sponsored benefits that are exempt from federal and typically, state taxes. Your employees pay for these benefits with pre-tax money, which you don't ...

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A cafeteria plan is an employee benefits plan administered under Section 125 of the federal tax code that lets employees pay certain expenses with pretax income. It's called a cafeteria plan because ...

For 2026, the dollar limit on voluntary employee salary reductions for contributions to health flexible spending arrangements (FSAs) has increased to $3,400, up from $3,300 in 2025, according to the ...

“I made a mistake, and I think I should be able to go back to my job," former Shelby Elementary cafeteria worker Avette Dunn said at a hearing Avette Dunn, a longtime cafeteria worker at Shelby ...