Social Security and Medicare tax are a part of the Self-Employment tax (SE tax). The SE tax is automatically added to your federal tax return based on the net income from self-employment. You add your income, you deduct your expenses... ..SE tax is automatically applied to the net result. This is how a self-employed person pays into Social Security.
If you have a net profit over $400, you can see the SE tax on line 57:
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