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The 15.3% tax freelancers and sole proprietors pay in place of employer-withheld payroll tax.
Employees split Social Security and Medicare tax with their employer, effectively only paying tax on the money they actually take home. Self-employed people get an equivalent break by only owing tax on 92.35% of net profit, not the full amount.
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$11,304
What you entered
Taxable net earnings (92.35% of net profit)
$80,000.00 × 0.9235= $73,880.00Social Security tax (12.4%, capped at $168,600.00 wage base)
$73,880.00 × 12.4%= $9,161.12Medicare tax (2.9%, no cap)
$73,880.00 × 2.9%= $2,142.52Total self-employment tax
$9,161.12 + $2,142.52= $11,303.64Result
Total self-employment tax: $11,304
On $80,000 of net profit, self-employment tax comes to $11,304 — remember that half of this is typically deductible on your income tax return.