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QUESTION:
Hello,
Recently my employer has discovered that I was not being charged with the
with holding of both the SS taxes and Medicare taxes from January 2000 until
April 2003.
During that period I was working under a TN visa. I am a canadian citizen.
I have since received a Green Card.
My employer's HR dept. is now telling me I owe some $7000.00.
Are there any exemptions for Canadian citizens working under a TN status?
Thank you for your time.
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david ingram replies:
This happens quite regularly. There are no exemptions in the ordinary sense of the word.
However, "If" you had continued to be a rsdient of Canada and filed a Canadian return each year as a self employed person (with one contracted employer to qualify for the TN) AND paid Canadain income tax and boith halves of the Canada Pension Plan, you would be exempt.
I doubt that you did that.
That also applies to an H1 visa.
In the case of intercompany transfers on an L1 Visa, there is an exemption process for up to five years. To invoke it, your employer has to write to the Social Security administration and ask for permission to exempt you from Social Security because your EMPLOYER is payiong the Canada Pension Plan instead.You do NOT want to participate in this if it is "your" intention to try and remain inthe US because "you" will end up with a smaller pension when you most need it.
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