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No. If you use your health care flexible spending account to pay for eligible expenses, you cannot deduct those same expenses from your federal income tax return. Keep in mind that by IRS law, you are only allowed to deduct medical expenses that exceed 10% of your gross income. The advantage of the health care flexible spending account is that you can get a tax benefit on health expenses below that threshold.
A Flexible Spending Account (FSA) allows consumers to deduct pre-tax dollars from their paychecks and deposit those funds in employer-sponsored accounts to pay for medical expenses. Consumers then submit expense receipts to healthcare administrators for reimbursement.