H-2A workers are exempt from U.S. Social Security and Medicare taxes on compensation paid to them for services performed in connection with the H-2A visa. H-2A workers are not subject to mandatory withholding of U.S. federal income tax unless Backup Withholding applies. State and local income tax withholding rules vary and may apply. North Carolina H-2A workers are not subject to mandatory withholding of State income tax.
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in What Our Clients Say“My company, Johnson Nursery Corporation, began using workers in the H2A program about ten years ago. During the first seven years we went through three different agencies and attorneys. Each… "
- David R. Johnson, President, Johnson Nursery Corporation
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