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Your son would report the $10K of income in your example and then deduct any expenses (tools, materials, etc)he incurred to earn this income.

The net profit is then subject to Self-Employment (SE)Tax.  The SE rate for 2016 is 15.3%

https://www.irs.gov/publications/p334/ch10.html

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