Students are not exempt from Federal Income Tax Withholding unless qualified based on the instructions in filling out a W-4 form and subsequent completion and submission to the Division of Human Resources. Often a student employee does not earn enough wages on a single paycheck for any Federal Income Tax to be deducted from that paycheck. That is not the same as being exempt from Federal Income Tax Withholding. The W-2 issued in January will reflect in Box 1 the Gross Wages for the year. The Social Security Wages reflected in Box 3 and Medicare Wages reflected in Box 5 exclude the wages paid to a student who is FICA tax exempt.
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