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Your payroll company assumes you have a Section 125 plan. Your CPA says "ask your benefits person." You don't have a benefits person. Now you do — plain English, honest math, and none of the "zero-cost" schemes.
For business owners with 2–200 employees · If your team pays any share of their premiums, you're likely overpaying payroll tax on both sides.
Tell us where your business is at — get a plain-English map of what applies to you, what it saves, and what to ignore.
No spam, no list-selling, no pressure. A real reply from a real person.
Four things, in plain English. Each one has a guide you can read first — and a person behind it when you're ready.
The pre-tax foundation: what it does, what it costs (very little), and the exact steps from "we don't have one" to compliant payroll deductions.
Read the setup guideThe written document the IRS expects you to have (most small businesses don't), nondiscrimination testing, and what to fix before anyone asks.
Ask about your setupAdding spending accounts your team will actually use — and the real differences between them, compared honestly before you pick one.
Compare them with usThe part everyone gets wrong: S-corp 2% shareholders, partners, and most LLC members can't participate — but your employees can, and it still pays.
Check your situationFifteen minutes: company size, payroll provider, what you offer today. No prep, no documents needed.
What applies to your business, what it saves, what it costs, and what to ignore — in writing, in words you can forward to your CPA.
Plan document, payroll configuration, employee elections — step by step with your payroll company, until deductions run correctly.
The IRS has formally flagged that plan design. Wellness payments that magically offset paycheck reductions aren't a loophole; they're a future audit with your company's name on it.
A real Section 125 plan saves real money the boring way — that's the only kind you'll find here. Been pitched something shiny? Ask us first. We'll tell you straight, even when the answer is "walk away."
I run marketing systems for medical practices for a living — which means I live inside payroll reports, benefits paperwork, and IRS rules that most business owners never get translated.
This site is that translation, plus a hand to hold while you set things up properly. When something's a good deal, I'll say so. When something smells like a scheme, I'll say it louder.
— Taylor