Could you advise why I am paying self employment tax for working as a delivery food driver for 2019? Is an independent contractor considered self employed?

[Anonymous]

yes, an independent contractor is virtually the same as saying you're self-employed.    income and related job expenses are reported on schedule c.   TT automatically calculates the SE tax from the net schedule C income 

[tagteam · Accepted solution]

"Is an independent contractor considered self employed?"

Yes. According to the IRS: If you are an independent contractor, you are self-employed.

See https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/independent-contractor-defined

The general rule is that an individual is an independent contractor if the payer has the right to control or direct only the result of the work and not what will be done and how it will be done.

[fanfare]

the general rule is 

If you are not on a W-2, you'll have to pay your full amount of SE tax on form 1040.

[xmasbaby0]

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