Payroll agrees FICA was withheld in error from my F-1 wages, but they still will not refund it. What should my IRS claim file include?
The employer route was supposed to be the easy part, but it has turned into a half-solved problem. Payroll now seems to agree the taxes probably were not supposed to be withheld, yet they are still dragging their feet on actually refunding the money. That leaves me stuck between an acknowledged mistake and an unresolved payroll process.
What I need is a clear picture of the IRS claim file once the employer path has been tried and not fully fixed. If Form 843 and Form 8316 are the next lane, I want to know exactly what supporting documents make that package credible instead of making the IRS reconstruct the employer dispute from scratch.
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