Payroll Informationfor International Students

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Welcome to Lehigh University
Topics:• 3 Tax Forms• Social Security Card
• Direct Deposit2

Tax Forms are Important!
Required Tax Forms:○Form W-4 (Employee’s Withholding Certiﬁcate)○Act 32 (Local Tax) – Residency Certiﬁcation Form

○International Tax Information Form

These forms ensure that you will be taxed
accurately. They also determine if you will be eligible
for a tax treaty.
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When completing forms, remember:● If you don’t yet have a Social Security number,leave this blank on all forms● You must use a local US address!
○ If you are living on campus, use yourresidence hall address, not your campusbox.
4W-4 Form
As an international student, you can
only select Single and 0 until you
have met Substantial Presence.
After 5 years in the US, you will havemet Substantial Presence and will betaxed as a US citizen.

5Act 32 (Local Tax)
-Residency Form
-This form allows payroll to ensurethat your local taxes are being paid
to the correct township.
-Please use your current USaddress when completing this form.
-Do not use your Nation of Origin
Home Address.
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Page 1The International Tax
Form allows payroll to:-Determine Tax Treaty
Eligibility-Determine Substantial
Presence status toensure you areaccurately taxed.
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International
Tax Form
Page 2-The second page of theInternational Tax Form iswhere you will list yourEntry and Departuredates to and from the US.
-Please list your Visa
Status during these travel
dates. Be speciﬁc for each
visit to the US!
8Where do I send mypayroll paperwork
once completed?
Please send all completed payrollpaperwork to the Payroll Oﬃce via
email using LU FileSender.
inpayrol@lehigh.edu
9LU FileSender-Use this QR Code to access LU FileSender
What is LU FileSender?
-The Lehigh University FileSender is a secure
location to submit Payroll Forms electronically tothe Payroll Oﬃce.
-A Drop-Oﬀ Summary will be provided once thedocuments have been submitted. You will also
receive an email conﬁrming your drop-oﬀ has
been picked up.

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What is a Social Security Card?
-Your Social Security Number (SSN) is a way to record yourearnings and to continue to receive payment. When yourapplication for an SSN is approved, you will receive yourSocial Security Card.
-As an international student working on campus, you arerequired to obtain a Social Security Number. This helps
with tax purposes.
-Upon receiving your social security card, you should keep
it in a secure location as it is considered personalinformation.

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What do I do after receiving my Social
Security Card?
-Upon receiving your social securitycard, you will ﬁrst need to sign yourcard above the “Signature” line on
your card.
-Send a photo of your signed social
security card to both the Payroll
Oﬃce and Human Resources using
LU FileSender
Payroll Office email: inpayrol@lehigh.edu

Human Resources email: inhro@lehigh.edu
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security card process?
-Use this QR Code to accessinformation about the social security
card process along with the forms
needed to begin.
-Additional questions about thisprocess can be directed to OISS.
Detailed information is on the OISS
website:https://global.lehigh.edu/oiss/resources/social-security-number

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The Beneﬁts of Direct Deposit
Setting up direct deposit is highly recommended.
You save time by not having to physically come pickup a paper check from the payroll oﬃce.
You reduce the amount of paper that the University
uses to operate.
You eliminate the emails being sent to remind you
to pick up you check.
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Need information on setting
up Direct Deposit?
-Use this QR code to learn how to set
up Direct Deposit yourself using Banner
Employee Self-Service.
-You must have a US bank account.
DISCLAIMER:
You will only be able to set-up directdeposit after your start date or receiving
an Employment Conﬁrmation Email frompayroll via inwage@lehigh.edu
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“When will I get paid?”-All hourly wage jobs are paid on a biweekly paycycle.
-Use this QR code to download a copy of theFiscal Year 24 biweekly payroll calendar

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Where to go with Payroll
Questions?
•Use this QR Code to access the Payroll
website for additional information.

•You will receive an email later today withthe information covered in thispresentation.

•Thank you for your time and have agreat rest of your day.

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