{"id":6228,"date":"2023-12-05T15:14:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T21:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=6228"},"modified":"2024-01-19T10:04:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T16:04:20","slug":"dependent-care-assistance-plan-dcap-guide","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/dependent-care-assistance-plan-dcap-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP) Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_style=&#8221;page-hero&#8221; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221;][vc_column]\n\t<div class=\"hero hero--wrap    \">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero--background-image hero--background-image-blur\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero--overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-background\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AdobeStock_79604904-3-scaled.jpeg) center center no-repeat; background-size: cover;\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero--container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero--inner width-100\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n  <div class='content-heading  100%  '>\n    <p class='text-white subheading'>Employee Benefits<\/p>\n    <h1 class='text-white    '>\n      Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP) Guide\n    <\/h1>\n\t\n  <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]\n  <div class='content-heading  100% content-heading--ruled '>\n    \n    <h1 class='text-brand-dark-blue    h2'>\n      Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP) Guide\n    <\/h1>\n\t\n  <\/div>[vc_column_text]Section 129 of the Internal Revenue Code (the \u201cCode\u201d) allows an employer to provide tax-advantaged dependent care assistance benefits to its employees.1 Employer-sponsored dependent care benefit programs provided to employees pursuant to the Code\u2019s requirements are typically referred to as Dependent Care Assistance Programs (DCAPs) or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent Care FSAs). 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