Avoid delays in receiving checks in the mail by signing up for direct deposit of your reimbursements.  Simply go to www.tri-starsystems, click on the Participant Login, click on Direct Deposit and complete the banking information.  The next time you receive a payment from Tri-Star, we’ll deposit it directly into the bank account you provided.  This even saves you a trip to the bank to deposit the check!

Do you want to know when we send the payments? Provide an email address while you are logged in as well & we’ll send you an email to notify you of each payment and the status of your account balance.

The IRS announced the standard mileage rate for use of an automobile to obtain medical care (which may be deductible under Code Section 213 if it is primarily for, and essential to, medical care)  as 24 cents per mile for 2009.  Fixed costs (such as depreciation, leasing payments, insurance, license, and registration expenses) aren’t included in the medical care and moving expenses standard mileage rate.  Parking fees and tolls related to the use of an automobile for medical purposes, however, may be deductible as separate items.

By plan design, mileage to obtain medical care may be a qualifying expense under a Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA), a Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) or a Health Savings Account (HSA).  Please refer to your plan document or plan summary for whether this is an allowed expense under your specific plan.

Mileage to obtain medical care was reimbursable at 19 cents per mile from January 1 through June 20, 2008 and 27 cents per mile from July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008.  This mileage rate is generally updated each year by the IRS, according to changes in cost.