In form 843, can I ask for a refund of medicare tax that also got factored into form 8959?
I am a university student, and the university withheld social security and medicaid taxes by mistake in my W2 (as a student, I should have been exempt). I saw that TT does not handle form 843, so I will mail it after I file my return because the university is not able to give me a refund or correct the W2.
Since I file jointly with my wife, the medicaid wages on the W2 Box 5 get added to form 8959. So I have to pay additional medicare tax on these wages, even though I should have been exempt. When I submit form 843 to ask for a refund of the medicare tax shown on the W2 that was withheld in error, can I also ask for a refund of this additional medicare tax that got added into form 8959 (and would not have been factored in had the W2 withholding been done correctly)?
