SusanY1
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State tax filing

The self-employment tax isn't calculated on your taxable income (which has had your standard or itemized deductions removed from it).  Instead, it is calculated on your net income from self-employment (your profit from that activity).  You will find that number on Line 3 of Schedule 1. 

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