I found the answer:ESPP qualified/disqualified disposition are exempt from medicare tax. See page 4 of first paragraph here -https://communications.fidelity.com...
In other words, I am trying to figure out the exact differences between taxable medicare wages in box 5 vs taxable wages from box 1.One delta is 401k contributi...
Thanks. I didn't receive medicare. Medicare wages and tips (box 5) in my W2 is not making sense to me. Ideally, it should be a sum of my wages(box 1) and my 401...