Hey guys,
So we recently had our baby and I kinda jumped the gun on submitting the benefits enrollment changes per declaration of life event. I basically messed up and filed to contribute to a dependent care FSA - I called the benefits line and was seemingly misinformed that I could correct this by simply going through the process again, declaring the life event, and that it would just 'overwrite' what I already had entered. Thing is, I tried that today and it says I cannot declare the same life event twice. Furthermore, before I filed for dependent care, I actually called the benefits line and they told me that's the option I needed to select in the event of a birth to cover any associated hospital fees, etc. It seems I should have just increased whatever was in our regular FSA instead. Misinformation all around...
I'm planning to contact my benefits dept tomorrow but does it sound like I'm screwed? Or should they be able to amend the benefits (especially since they're the ones who misinformed me) and fix this?
Anyone go through anything similar or work on the other side who might be able to explain?