WSA Expenses

Wellness Spending Account Expenses Covered

Unlike a Health Spending Account (HSA), a WSA is a taxable benefit and is considered part of an employee’s total compensation package. WSA contributions are flexible. Whatever options an employer to chooses to include in a WSA, the dollar amount will need to be included on an employee’s T4 statement. Below is an example list of potential WSA inclusions:

Professional/Personal Development

Courses, tuition costs, or course registration, conferences or seminars

Professional membership fees and professional journals

Software, books and publications for professional development courses

Professional development travel including: transportation, parking, hotel accommodations, meals

Fitness

Fitness club memberships

Physical activity fees

Facility fees for eligible activities

Registration fees for athletics, physical fitness, health and wellness events and sports leagues

Sport league or team memberships

Nutrition

Weight management programs (excludes food)

Nutrition programs and counselling

Personal / Family Interest

Child care

Day camps and programs

Daycare

Tutoring

Caregiver support programs

Guide dogs

Supportive aids

Long-term care facilities

Travel expenses (if requiring family care)

Mental Health

Life coach

Fees for spiritual or wellness retreats

Counsellor

Health-related apps, software and programs

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Acupuncture

Ayurvedics

Cryotherapy

Holistic Healing

Homeopathy

Reiki Therapy

Respiratory Therapy

Sensory Deprivation

Sexology

Sleep Therapy

Speech-Language Therapy

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Assistive Devices, Supplies, & Equipment

Acoustic Coupler

Artificial Eye or Limb

Artificial Kidney Machine

Assistance Animal

Assisted Breathing Device

Assisted Communication Devices

Audible Signal Device

Bathtub, Shower, Toilet Assistance Device

Blood Coagulation Monitor

Bone Conduction Receiver

Bone Marrow Transplant

Brace For A Limb

Braille Note-Taker Device

Braille Printer

Breast Prosthesis

Custom Made Wig

Electronic Bone Healing Device

Electronic Or Computerized Environmental Control System

Extremity Pump Or Elastic Support Hose

Hearing Aid

Hospital Bed

Incontinence Products

Inductive Coupling Osteogenesis Stimulator

Infusion Pump

Large Print-On-Screen Device

Mobility Devices

Needles & Syringes

Optical Scanner

Oxygen Tent

Pacemaker

Page-Turner Device

Phototherapy Equipment

Pressure Pulse Therapy Device

Rocking Bed

Special Television Signals Decoder

Spinal Brace/ Support

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Prevention Device

Truss For A Hernia

Visual Or Vibratory Signaling Device

Financial Contributions –supporting family security

RESP contributions

TFSA contributions

RRSP contributions

Pension buy-back

Spousal RRSP’s

Healthcare is stressful enough. Paying for it shouldn’t be.