Retirement tax questions

That is an easy one to answer. On 1099-MISC, self-employment income, you have to pay Self-employment tax of 15.3% in addition to ordinary income tax at whatever your marginal tax rate is. So if your marginal ordinary tax rate is 25% add the 15.3% of SE tax, and you pay 40%+ on the 1099 income.

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