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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Working Families Childcare Access Act of 2023 or the WFCA Act of 2023&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This bill includes certain additional expenses in a dependent care flexible spending arrangement (FSA), specifically qualified sports, tutoring, and music or art expenses. It also increases the eligibility age for dependent care benefits to 15, allows a carry forward of unused benefits to the next plan year, and increases to $15,000 the maximum amount of dependent care benefits excludible from employee gross income.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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