FICA taxes

I am pleased my research on taxes paid off!

Last friday, I checked my banking account and realised that I was paid lower than before! What the... !!!

I was so pissed that I set off on a rampage throughout the net to figure out what those extra taxes on my pay stub was. I spent the entire day at work reading up on taxes, printing relevant information, and making sure the information were from gov. sources. I was planning to pay a visit to the pay roll office when I figured out that my next pay check will be submitted really soon and I was worried I didnt have enough time to visit the pay roll office to be exempted from the FICA taxes.

So I quickly shoot them an email, informing them, really "nicely" about my dilemma. In fact, it was a more... "I tell you I am right, and I order you to please, please take those extra taxes out of my pay stub!"

Well, ha!

This is what they said.

"We have changed your status to FICA exempt."

That's it. A one liner. No sorries, no nothing.

Whatever. I win! I get my money back!

I feel awesome!

Pls: I wonder why my other friends who started working never questioned their taxes! But they earn so much, it probably wont matter anyway! I still get paid the student rate and with more money deducted, I was infuriated...so yea. Damn, I am not going to take that lying down!