topic On one of your self employment tips website: You can claim 50% of what you pay in self-employment tax as an income tax deduction. How do I know I am getting this? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/on-one-of-your-self-employment-tips-website-you-can-claim-50-of-what-you-pay-in-self-employment-tax/01/398590#M164628 Also, My self-employment tax seems high for 6 months as a 1099. I was a W2 for 4 months (Unemployed for 2 months). Is Turbo Tax calculating the self-employment tax based on the whole year? Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:50:52 GMT Mikek228 2019-06-04T19:50:52Z On one of your self employment tips website: You can claim 50% of what you pay in self-employment tax as an income tax deduction. How do I know I am getting this? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/on-one-of-your-self-employment-tips-website-you-can-claim-50-of-what-you-pay-in-self-employment-tax/01/398590#M164628 Also, My self-employment tax seems high for 6 months as a 1099. I was a W2 for 4 months (Unemployed for 2 months). Is Turbo Tax calculating the self-employment tax based on the whole year? Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:50:52 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/on-one-of-your-self-employment-tips-website-you-can-claim-50-of-what-you-pay-in-self-employment-tax/01/398590#M164628 Mikek228 2019-06-04T19:50:52Z Look at line 27 of form 1040. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/look-at-line-27-of-form-1040/01/398598#M164634 <P>Look at line 27 of form 1040.<BR /></P> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:50:53 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/look-at-line-27-of-form-1040/01/398598#M164634 Bsch4477 2019-06-04T19:50:53Z