The routing number for Health and Benefits Accounts (HSA, FSA, HRA, QTA) is 067015928.
Inquiries about specific transactions can be initiated by selecting a transaction and selecting ‘Ask us about this transaction’.
- From the menu, choose ‘Transfers’.
- Click ‘Transfer to other institutions by adding an external transfer account’.
- If using Online Banking from a browser, select ‘Add external account’.
- For security purposes you will be prompted to enter your password.
- Complete the information about the external account and click ‘Submit’.
- Within a few days of submitting this information, two small deposits will be made to your external account.
- To complete this setup return to ‘Transfers’, ‘External accounts’ and enter the amount of the deposits made to your account.
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- From the dashboard choose ‘Deposit checks’.
- Choose the eligible account where you want to deposit your check.
- Sign the back of your check and write ‘For Mobile Deposit at First American Bank’ below your signature.
- Enter the check amount.
- Place your check on a dark-colored, plain surface that’s well lit.
- Position your camera directly over the check (not at an angle).
- Fit all 4 corners in the guides of your mobile device’s camera screen.
- Take a picture of the front and back of your endorsed check with your mobile device.
- Submit your deposit.
HSAs provide triple-tax advantages: contributions, investment earnings, and qualified distributions all are exempt from federal income tax, FICA (Social Security and Medicare) tax and state income taxes (for most states).
Unused HSA dollars roll over from year-to-year, making HSAs a convenient and easy way to save and invest for future medical expenses. You own your HSA at all times and can take it with you when you change medical plans, change jobs or retire.
Funds in the account not needed for near-term expenses may be able to be invested, providing the opportunity for funds to grow. Refer to the Consumer Portal to find out your investment options.
To be eligible to set up an HSA and to make contributions, you must be covered by a qualified high-deductible health plan, or HDHP.
- To be eligible to contribute to an HSA, you must be covered by a qualified HDHP and have no other first dollar coverage (insurance that provides payment for the full loss up to the insured amount with no deductibles).
- You may use your HSA to help pay for medical expenses covered under a HDHP, as well as for other common qualified medical expenses.
- Unused HSA funds remain in your account for later, and may be able to be invested in a choice of investment options, providing the opportunity for funds to grow.
The insurance company pays covered medical expenses above your deductible, except for any coinsurance; you can pay coinsurance costs with tax-free money from your HSA. In addition, you can use your HSA tax-free dollars to pay for qualified medical expenses not covered by the HDHP, such as dental, vision and alternative medicines.
Contributions
Tax-free contributions to your HSA can be made in a variety of ways, including:
- Pre-tax payroll contributions, if available through your employer.
- Online transfers — transfer funds directly to your HSA from your linked personal savings or checking account
- Send a check to First American Bank Health Account Services for deposit into your HSA.
- Rolling over or making a transfer from an existing IRA (Individual Retirement Account) to an HSA, but only once in your lifetime.
Distributions from your HSA are used to pay for qualified medical expenses. This can be done by the following methods:
- Paying for purchases and medical services using your First American Bank Health Account Services prepaid Mastercard® debit card.
- Using online bill pay through your online Consumer Portal.
- Requesting self-reimbursement through the Consumer Portal when you have already paid out-of-pocket for qualified expenses.
- Paying with an HSA check (fees may apply).
Your HSA allows you to save pre-tax income that you can use to pay for qualified short- and long-term medical expenses. It complements your HDHP, giving you an additional method to save specifically for healthcare costs.
- HSA accountholders can choose to save up to $4,150 ($4,300 in 2025) for an individual and $8,300 ($8,550 in 2025) for a family (HSA holders 55 and older get to save an extra $1,000 - and these contributions are 100% tax deductible from gross income.
- Minimum annual deductibles are $1,600 ($1,650 in 2025) for self-only coverage or $3,200 ($3,300 in 2025) for family coverage.
The HSA is composed of two parts: A checking portion – This is an interest bearing account. You can make deposits, and use your debit card to pay any qualified medical expenses. The checking portion is an FDIC insured deposit account. The investment portion gives you the ability to invest in a variety of nationally recognized mutual funds. Savings held in the investment portion are not insured by the FDIC, not bank guaranteed and may lose value.
Please refer to the Consumer Portal for a listing of investments available to you along with their return rate. Via Consumer Portal, you may choose which mutual funds you wish to purchase and sell. You may use Consumer Portal to review your investments as well as update the percentage allocated to each mutual fund you have chosen.
If you use your funds for qualified medical expenses, the distributions from your account remain tax-free. If you use the monies for non-qualified expenses, the distribution becomes taxable, but exempt from the 20 percent penalty. With enrollment in Medicare, you are no longer eligible to contribute to your HSA. If you reach age 65 or become disabled, you may still contribute to your HSA if you have not enrolled in Medicare.
- Healthcare FSA: Covers medical, prescription, dental and vision expenses
- Dependent Care FSA: Covers dependent care expenses including daycare, nursery school and day camp for children (up to the age of 13), and services for adult dependents who cannot care for themselves
- Limited Health Care FSA: Covers dental and vision expenses only (for compliance with a Health Savings Account)
Only those who have FSA coverage through December 31, 2025, can continue to incur claims against the 2024 plan year for services provided through March 15, 2025.
All FSA claims for services provided January 1, 2024, through March 15, 2025, will automatically be applied and processed from the 2024 plan year first if filed by the claims filing deadline for that plan year. If your claim exceeds the available funds from the 2024 plan year, any excess will be automatically applied to the 2025 plan year.
For FSAs with Rollover, on October 31, 2013, the U.S. Department of Treasury changed the policy on remaining funds in FSA’s. You are now able to roll over remaining funds into your next plan year up to $640. This rollover means enrollment in an FSA is much less risky. This gives you more flexibility to spend your FSA money when you need it. You can use it for necessary out-of-pocket healthcare expenses, rather than feeling pressured to engage in last minute and potentially unnecessary spending at the end of the year.
- The amount you put into your FSA
- The tax percentage you would normally pay on that money (tax bracket)
Let's say you normally pay 30 percent in federal, social security and state taxes on your income. In this example, you would enjoy a tax savings of 30% of the $2,000. In other words, you could get a $600 tax savings on the $2,000 you directed to your FSA.
- Parking: Expenses for parking at or near your work location or at or near a location from which you commute using mass transit.
- Transit: Expenses include public transportation such as train, bus, monorail, streetcar, subway, ferry. This also includes services such as UberPool and Lyft Shared. Vanpool expenses are eligible, but the highway vehicle must seat at least six adults, excluding the driver.
If available for your region, you can also place a Smart Commute order to load your transit authority smart card from the Consumer Portal. See the Smart Commute section for more information. When you use the prepaid debit card or Smart Commute, you don’t need to submit receipts to substantiate your expenses.
For parking and vanpool expenses, you can pay out-of-pocket and request reimbursement for your expenses on the Consumer Portal or mobile app. Reimbursement can be issued via direct deposit to your bank account or check. Mass transit expenses are not eligible for reimbursement per the IRS, when an eligible method such as the benefit debit card or Smart Commute are available.
- Loan Submission Form (with all of the sections completed, all of the questions addressed, and signed and dated by the originator)
- 1003 (with the terms of the second mortgage)
- 1008
- FEMA Flood Map Search or flood hazard determination
- Income verification
- Signed Applicant’s Authorization
Prior to 2020, you were required to start taking Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) by April 1 of the year following the year in which you attained age 70 ½. That rule still applies if you attained age 70½ by the end of 2019. Once you are required to begin taking RMDs, you must continue. For 2020, the SECURE Act increased the age to begin RMDs to age 72 and then subsequently with the passing of SECURE Act 2.0 beginning in 2023, the age has been raised again. The schedule below outlines at what age you must begin taking RMDs.
Date of birth before 7/1/1949, RMD starts at age 70 ½. Date of birth 7/1/1949 to 12/31/1950, RMD starts at age 72. Date of birth 1/1/1951 to 12/31/1959, RMD starts at age 73. After 12/31/1958, RMD starts at age 75.
The same April 1 deadline applies. Thereafter, you must take RMDs annually on or before December 31. Note, two required distributions will be issued your first year if you wait until the period January 1 to April 1 to begin your RMDs. You may avoid two taxable distributions in the first year by taking your first withdrawal on or before December 31 of the year in which you attain the applicable age as shown above.
However, if you are still working, you are not required to begin RMDs from your employer sponsored plan until April 1 of the year following the year in which you terminate employment. This exception does not apply if you own more than 5% of the employer, nor does it apply to IRAs.
a. $23,000 for 2024;
b. the maximum deferral amount allowed under the terms of the plan; or
c. the amount that allows the plan to meet the required nondiscrimination tests.
In addition, if you attain age 50 or older by December 31, you may defer an additional $7,500 catch up contribution.