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My son filed a 'Worker's Statement and Notice to Terminate Form W-4 Agreement (or it's equivalent) and Notice to Revoke Previous Withholding Authorization' with his employer today.

The payroll executive at the company immediately called my son and told him that 'social security' must be taken on everyone, and why would he want to do this anyway? (Huh?) My son asked that any questions regarding this filed statement be put in writing so that they may be addressed with the appropriate cites. The statement itself does include numerous cites. She refused to do this and said that she will pass it on to the appropriate person(s) for review.

I had advised my son to not engage the payroll executive in any arguments and to simply ask that she put her questions in writing for appropriate response.

My question is: Was this the appropriate stance to take? Isn't social security a voluntary contribution tax that should be lumped together with all other taxes for which we are not liable?

Any comments and/or suggestions are welcome.

Doc