I called Mr. Yam from International Office who is supposedly taking care of international students especially for CPT & OPT issues. He told me that with OPT status, I don't need to pay any federal tax e.g. Social.

I just remembered when I filled in the W-4 form, it has two choices which says that i'm tax exempt.

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原帖由 icetea 于 2007-7-20 04:30 PM 发表
I called Mr. Yam from International Office who is supposedly taking care of international students especially for CPT & OPT issues. He told me that with OPT status, I don't need to pay any fede ...

That's Social Security and Medicare, in condition that you are still non-resident alien. You are not exempt from Federal or state INCOME tax