Business & farm

4,000 extra tax due or refund?  How much is your Net Profit?

 

Self Employment tax (Scheduled SE) is automatically generated if a person has $400 or more of net profit from self-employment.  You pay 15.3% SE tax on 92.35% of your Net Profit greater than $400.  The 15.3% self employed SE Tax is to pay both the employer part and employee part of Social Security and Medicare.  The SE tax is in addition to your regular income tax on the net profit.