Senator Tom Cotton has introduced the OPT Fair Tax Act, which proposes to make foreign students enrolled in the OPT program and their employers pay FICA taxes by eliminating existing exemptions.

International students in the US are allowed to work in American companies under the Optional Practical Training program, post completion of their studies. The OPT program helps foreign students to gain work experience and also earn for themselves.

The foreign students who would enroll for the OPT program may soon see a lower take-home pay as the US is preparing to tax the earnings of OPT foreign workers, by subjecting them to insurance tax.

Senator Tom Cotton has introduced legislation titled ‘OPT Fair Tax Act’, which requires foreign workers participating in the Optional Practical Training (OP

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