I am an international student working on a F1 visa as CPT in New york Long island Area. In my payroll taxes I am been charged are federal (15%), FICA (10%), State (4%) and City (5%). Am I been fairly charged or there is some mistake.which are the forms I should to get all my taxes back. Please reply as soon as possible.
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As an international student under the F-1 visa, you are exempt from FICA taxes if you have NOT been in the U.S. for more than five calendar years. Hence, if you arrived in the U.S. in 2004 or later, FICA taxes (which is actually 7.65%) should NOT be withheld.

The rest of the taxes are valid.

Contact your employer to get the FICA taxes already withheld and to stop further withholding. Use IRS Pub 519, page 46 - 51 as your authoritative source for your employer. You can download IRS Pub 519 from Internal Revenue Service (http://www.irs.gov).