topic Does turbo tax make payments to social security taxes when doing self employed taxes? in Retirement tax questions https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/does-turbo-tax-make-payments-to-social-security-taxes-when-doing-self-employed-taxes/01/593168#M55725 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:34:17 GMT robdaws219 2019-06-06T00:34:17Z Does turbo tax make payments to social security taxes when doing self employed taxes? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/does-turbo-tax-make-payments-to-social-security-taxes-when-doing-self-employed-taxes/01/593168#M55725 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:34:17 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/does-turbo-tax-make-payments-to-social-security-taxes-when-doing-self-employed-taxes/01/593168#M55725 robdaws219 2019-06-06T00:34:17Z Yes. TurboTax calculates the self-employment tax as part... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/yes-turbotax-calculates-the-self-employment-tax-as-part/01/593170#M55726 <P>Yes. TurboTax calculates the <B>self-employment tax</B> as part of your return.&nbsp; Self-employment tax (SE tax) is the Social Security and Medicare tax paid by self-employed individuals. It is similar to FICA which is the Social Security and Medicare taxes withheld from an employee’s paycheck.</P><P> <SPAN>The self-employment tax is included with any regular tax on your 1040.&nbsp; Any payments you make with your return go straight to the IRS.<BR /></SPAN> </P><BR /> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:34:18 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/yes-turbotax-calculates-the-self-employment-tax-as-part/01/593170#M55726 IreneS 2019-06-06T00:34:18Z