Hey partners, since last Friday all of the partners at our store who attend ASU have been in panic mode because of a cryptic email about how we possibly won’t be getting paychecks for the rest of the month because of how Starbucks has changed the way they’re taxing us on the SCAP. So from what I understand now after our tuition and fees being covered up front, we only get 5,250 for the entire CALENDAR YEAR and are taxed on the rest which makes sense but it only happens at the end of every semester. For example I capped out at the 5,250 in my summer semester but only payed taxes on the 1,800 I went over. Because of that I had one of my September paychecks zeroed out which I didn’t realize until yesterday because I was out due to Covid that month and thought that was why. But now for the fall I’m paying taxes on the full amount Starbucks payed for which was 5,800 and the tax is getting taken out of our next 2 paychecks. So I am prepared to not be getting any paychecks the rest of this month and whatever is left goes into my W2. This info also was relayed from the guy I talked to on the Sbux partners benefit hotline who was an absolute asshole to me as I started to cry about not receiving paychecks lol. The only other pertinent info I know of is that we *might* see some of that money back on our tax returns and that it doesn’t affect grants, loans, federal awards, just money Starbucks pays. Does anyone know anything different or has anyone also looked into this? This is also a PSA because none of us would have known if I hadn’t dug deeper.