Saint Louis University Seeks $24.6m in Tax Refund Lawsuit

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The federal government owes Saint Louis University $24.6 million in Social Security and Medicare taxes the university says were wrongfully collected on stipends medical school residents received from 1995 through March 2005, according to a federal lawsuit.

The issue of whether teaching hospitals are required to withhold taxes under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act has been brewing for decades.

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Saint Louis University Seeks $24.6m in Tax Refund Lawsuit

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals kicked off a spate of refund requests when it held in its 1998 Minnesota v. Apfel decision that medical residents fall into the student exclusion of the Social Security Act. A 1989 audit by the Social Security Administration determined the University of Minn...

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