Does anyone know more about this? Thanks!
US OPT tax push coincides with 25% outsourcing penalty on US companies
https://x.com/FinancialXpress/status/1969728070962540590
US lawmakers have proposed taxing international students’ earnings from the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program. Foreign students in the US working for American firms under the OPT program are currently exempt from Social Security and Medicare taxes.
This is in addition to the HIRE ACT.
The HIRE ACT still stuck in congress?
I didn't know that Senator Kiristen Gillibrand attempted something similar in 2020:
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2020/03/06/kirsten-gillibrand-visits-utica-to-talk-about--end-outsourcing-act--