You generally can not deduct any medical and dental costs that you pay for from
a pretax Flexible Spending Account for health care.
Not exact matches
A dependent - care
flexible spending account lets you set aside
pretax money for expenses related to caring for a child — this is not the same as the child tax credit, which you use for a disabled spouse, parent, or other mentally or physically handicapped dependent.
But it may be more cost - effective to add
pretax money to your
flexible spending account to cover dental expenses.
Then, do the same with $ 2,550 of
pretax money in what most people know as a
flexible spending account and use it for health care expenses that insurance doesn't cover.