Considerations. If you have not filed a W-4 with your employer showing that you are exempt from federal tax withholding, the payroll department might have made an error. Check with your employer or someone in the payroll department as soon as possible to correct the error.f your employer shows you as exempt from federal taxes, it means that he is not withholding taxes from your paycheck. Although some employees are exempt, most are not.
The PhD in social work is strictly for research. You do not get more clinical training and thus the MSW is the terminal degree for professional practice. A social work PhD will not have any more clinical training than an MSW.
Students who wish to pursue licensure as a clinical social worker post-graduation must complete a masterâs degree program that has been accredited by the CSWE. Several schools offer related programs in human services that are not CSWE accredited and cannot be used towards licensure as a clinical social worker.