Does Kansas have a self employment tax? If so, what is the tax rate?

[DanielV01 · Accepted solution]

It depends.  Kansas taxes self-employment income, but it does not have a self-employment tax separate from it's state income tax.

The self-employment tax on the Federal return is to be able to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes, since these taxes are not withheld from self-employment earnings.  Since these taxes are only collected at the Federal level, Kansas does not have a separate self-employment tax in addition to the state income tax.

As far as the tax rate is concerned, this depends on both how much income you are earning as well as your filing status.  Here is a web link to the Kansas instruction booklet:  2016 Individual Income Tax Instructions, Individual Income Tax...

You will find the tax tables on pages 20 to 27, with an explanation of the tax rates on page 27.