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We are just starting this year but I think we are going submit for reimbursement every 3 months. The paperwork looks annoying and I don't want to fill it out all the time. Ours comes as a check

I submit for reimbursement once per year (at the end of the year). I do it all online, and they wire it to my checking account in 2-3 days. Very easy!

I get mine as a direct deposit ACH. I don't have a rhyme or reason as to when I "apply" for the funds. This past year I did it in mid-February because we were most of the way through our $5K in expenses already. I didn't get the money all at the time, but rather automatically with each paycheck as it was withheld. I just realized that I stopped receiving reimbursements, so I've now submitted for the remaining portion.

I submit for reimbursement ever 3-4 weeks. I like to have that money on hand to turn around and pay for daycare with it.
We get the reimbursement within a few business days (direct deposit). I will do it one of two ways: either his daycare teacher sends us invoices and I can submit those, or if I paid with a check I can take a screenshot of it once it's been deposited and submit that image.

@peaches1038: you don't have to do the paperwork everytime. We just do a snapshot of the check in our bank account- it has our providers name on it, then we just need to enter her tax ID number, which she gave us. Or if your school/daycare provided receipts, those can be submitted as well. It is so much easier than doing paperwork everytime!'

I just have to submit a form signed by daycare by Monday morning to have it on Friday's check (I get paid every Friday.) We usually let it build up a bit and then get it every few months or if something comes up we will use it as an emergency fund. (we did this when DH's heater went out in his car, it was $400 so we just made a claim and it covered it.) Next year we are hoping to not use it and in May after the rain/mud/snow is away get new carpet and use the money in there as a majority of it.

We do what @ladybee: does. I monitor the account, and once it hits the amount equivalent to one month's fee, we submit a receipt for reimbursement. The reimbursement is directly deposited into our designated checking account. From that point onward, the account is usually covering the previous month's fee so we submit monthly receipts.

Once a year, at the end of the year for the max amount.

This is my second year doing one and I kick myself for not having one sooner. I withdrawn the money once I have a month or two of tuition payments, which for me is about every six months or $2500. It's kind of a nice bonus to myself, haha.

i have it taken out of each paycheck and then submit for reimbursement (in the form of direct deposit) at the end of the year. i kind of like getting one big "payment" because it feels like a bonus. we just ask the daycare for a receipt/invoice for the past year's payments and submit it all at once.

I did it three times this year, but next year I may just do it once so I only have to get my daycare provider's signature the one time.

We submit probably once a month and then use that money to pay for daycare.

I submit the invoice we receive from daycare about every other month. I do have to fill out the paperwork every time, but then the money is direct deposited into my bank account. It usually takes a few weeks to process.