Are items such as health club memberships or expensive running shoes an “eligible expense”?

• A popular new option within a MediDirect® health, dental and wellness program is a combined HSA and Wellness Account. One portion of the HSA is allotted to medical, dental or wellness expenses which are reimbursed as non-taxable benefits. The other portion is paid on a “wellness account”, which is intended for expenses such as fitness club memberships, golf memberships or athletic footwear. These expenses are reimbursed to the employee but are a taxable benefit. MediDirect® provides administration and adjudication of claims, determines whether the expense are non-taxable or taxable, and provides full accounting to the corporation at year-end.