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Understand the care.
Follow the money. Verify the structure.

Get the plain-language answer first, then review the payroll mechanics, written terms, and federal tax boundaries behind it.

Choose a guide

Four answers your team needs before it moves forward.

See what The Plan is, what employees can use, where employer savings may come from, and which claims the federal guidance does not support.

Industry examples

The Plan can be reviewed for employers in any industry.

Industry does not determine eligibility. It changes which entities, locations, payroll populations, coverage arrangements, and operating responsibilities need to be reviewed.

Restaurants and franchise groups

Separate each employing entity and payroll population. Review locations that use different payroll systems or current coverage using their own facts.

Review focus
  • Entity and franchise ownership
  • Payroll by company or location
  • One clear employee explanation

Retail and multi-location employers

Map stores, legal entities, employee groups, and payroll systems. Use one Plan explanation while calculating each payroll population separately.

Review focus
  • Store and entity mapping
  • Seasonal eligibility rules
  • Consistent enrollment support

Staffing and workforce services

Confirm which W-2 employees are in scope as assignments and employment status change. Model actual pay frequency, eligibility rules, and employee movement.

Review focus
  • W-2 employment status
  • Eligibility changes
  • Recurring payroll reconciliation

Manufacturing, distribution, and logistics

Review facilities, legal entities, payroll groups, and current coverage. Coordinate payroll setup with clear access information for employees.

Review focus
  • Facility populations
  • Separate payroll groups
  • Current coverage compatibility

Healthcare and service organizations

Keep major medical clearly distinct while evaluating mental health, everyday care, privacy responsibilities, payroll controls, and employee communication.

Review focus
  • Mental health access
  • Privacy and data handling
  • Accurate employee communication

Every other W-2 employer

Professional services, construction, hospitality, nonprofits, education, technology, public organizations, and other employers can request a company-specific review.

Review focus
  • No industry exclusion
  • Company-specific payroll facts
  • Professional review before rollout
Do not see your industry?

If you employ W-2 employees, your company can request a review. The answer comes from your company's facts, not whether your industry appears in a list.

Review your company

IRS authorities and guidance

Read the federal materials behind our public boundaries.

These sources explain why the written plan, actual money flow, qualifying coverage, medical-expense substantiation, payroll reporting, and operation matter more than a marketing label.

01 · IRS Chief Counsel Advice

CCA 202323006

Reviews fixed wellness payments when employees did not have a related unreimbursed medical expense. The memorandum may not be cited as precedent, but it states the IRS analysis for those facts.

Read CCA 202323006 ↗
02 · IRS news release

IR-2024-65

Warns that personal general-health and wellness expenses do not become qualifying medical expenses merely because they support health. The IRS marks the release as historical.

Read IR-2024-65 ↗
03 · IRS Chief Counsel Advice

CCA 201622031

Reviews cash rewards and reimbursements of premiums originally paid through Section 125 salary reduction, including the resulting income and employment-tax treatment.

Read CCA 201622031 ↗
04 · IRS cafeteria-plan guidance

Written plan + operation

Summarizes written-plan requirements, qualifying coverage, cash elections, employment-tax treatment, and substantiation for cafeteria plans.

Read IRS guidance ↗
How We Won Health applies this

We do not describe employee cash, fixed payments, premium refunds, or personal general-wellness spending as automatically tax-free. We do not call The Plan “IRS-approved.” Final treatment depends on the complete arrangement and professional review.

  1. 01Use qualifying coverage, not a wellness label, to support pre-tax treatment
  2. 02Identify cash, fixed payments, and premium refunds under the rules that apply
  3. 03Substantiate allowable medical expenses and reject general personal spending
  4. 04Reconcile the written plan, payments, payroll reporting, and actual operation
Read the complete federal tax boundaries →

For employers in any industry

If you employ W-2 employees, we can review The Plan for your company.

Industry does not determine fit. The review uses your workforce, payroll, current coverage, and proposed Plan structure.

Schedule a confidential review