Do I have to pay FED OASDI/EE and FED MED/EE?

marieb12976 - 2009-01-24 18:23:33 - United States

Best Answer:

There are only a handful of very rare exceptions that will get you out of those taxes. And then those people aren't entitled to benefit from the programs they fund.

Answer:

yes, everyone does

Yep! Virtually everyone pays those taxes. They're the Social Security and Medicare taxes. There are very rare exceptions but for the average taxpayer they will never apply.

If you are a U.S. citizen, resident or have work visa like L1, H1-B, you must pay these (FICA) taxes. If you are exempt from residency on J1, F1, then you do not pay these taxes. http://taxipay.blogspot.com/2008/03/non-resident-exempt-individual-social.html

Yep.

There are only a handful of very rare exceptions that will get you out of those taxes. And then those people aren't entitled to benefit from the programs they fund.

There are only two exceptions: students in college working for their schools foreign students accepted on certain visa types unless they have been here too long.