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    helpmewithtaxes Posts: 11, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 3, 2007, 01:59 PM
    401k, medicare & social security taxes
    My case is

    Jan '06 - May '06 = F1
    Jun '06 - Sep '06 = OPT
    Oct '06 - Dec '06 = H1

    I conclude that with this status, I need to file as a non-resident. Now I have been contributing to 401k since Aug '06 so filing as a non-resident I can still keep that tax benefit, right? Also, the social security and medicare tax started to be deducted from my paycheck a month later i.e Nov (instead of Oct when my H1 started) so in the tax return do I need to account for that somehow?
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    Mar 3, 2007, 03:45 PM
    Suggest you get an accountant :confused:
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    Mar 5, 2007, 10:56 AM
    You do NOT need to account for the Social Security and Medicare taxes; that responsibility rests with the employer.

    You will probably file as a non-resident alien, unless you are married, in which case you can file jointly as resident aliens.
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