Ropes & Gray: Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Whether Treasury Department Can Force Teaching Hospitals to Pay Social Security Tax for Work Performed by Medical Residents | Practical Law

Ropes & Gray: Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Whether Treasury Department Can Force Teaching Hospitals to Pay Social Security Tax for Work Performed by Medical Residents | Practical Law

This Ropes & Gray LLP memorandum discusses the Supreme Court's grant of certiori to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education & Research v. United States, which will decide whether the Treasury Department can categorically exclude all medical residents and other full-time employees from the federal law that exempts work performed by "students" from the obligation to pay Social Security taxes.

Ropes & Gray: Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Whether Treasury Department Can Force Teaching Hospitals to Pay Social Security Tax for Work Performed by Medical Residents

by Ropes & Gray LLP
Published on 02 Jun 2010 • USA (National/Federal)
This Ropes & Gray LLP memorandum discusses the Supreme Court's grant of certiori to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education & Research v. United States, which will decide whether the Treasury Department can categorically exclude all medical residents and other full-time employees from the federal law that exempts work performed by "students" from the obligation to pay Social Security taxes.