AmyC
Employee Tax Expert

State tax filing

No, SE tax is not federal tax.  The 15.3% self-employed SE Tax is to pay both the employer part and employee part of Social Security and Medicare.  So you get social security credit for it when you retire.   MO does not allow deductions for contributions to Medicare and Social Security.

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