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Last Updated: 2026-05-15
Example: Set Up a Health Care Benefit Plan (USA)

Example: Set Up a Health Care Benefit Plan (USA)

Demonstrates 1 way to calculate deductions and earnings for health care benefits.
Create separate pay components to calculate:
  • Employee pre- and post-tax contributions.
  • Employer taxable and nontaxable contributions.
  • Imputed income from health care benefits.
Both Paul and his employer contribute to Paul's health care plan. A portion of Paul's contribution is pretax and the rest is post-tax. To calculate these contributions, create 2 deductions.
A portion of the employer contributions is nontaxable and the rest is taxable. To calculate these contributions, create 2 deductions.
In addition, Paul has to pay tax on the imputed income from the taxable benefit the employer pays. Create this earning.
  1. Define a deduction for the employee pretax health care contribution.
  2. Define a deduction for the employee post-tax health care contribution.
  3. Define a deduction for the taxable employer contribution to health care benefits.
  4. Define an earning to calculate the imputed income that employees receive from the employer taxable health care contribution.
Workday calculates taxes on imputed income from employer-paid health care benefits.