Out $5,000 due to missing dependent care deadline by 4 business days due to circumstances
Long story short, I am/was enrolled in dependent care for my child. I know every year the deadline is close to the end of March. This year, during the heart of March my wife was away on business for two weeks, and when she returned, we all had the flu and were sick for ~a week. We were also remortgaging our home during this time as well as preparing documents for new CPA to do taxes. Flash forward to Sunday when I realized I had not submitted any claims yet. When I logged in, they said it was beyond the window. I missed it by 4 business days.
I received no notification from the company that handles claims not my employer that this deadline was looming or that I had a massive balance that needed to be claimed.
Yes, ultimately this is my responsibility, but I do think this year was a perfect storm and there not being any appeals process is crazy. My company now gets to keep all of this money. That seems like a massive conflict of interest and they should be compelled by law to notify you.