问题 I'm self-employed as a sole proprietor. How do I report my income and pay Social Security and Medicare taxes? 答案 Report your income and expenses from your sole proprietorship on Schedule C (Form 1040), Profit or Loss from Business (Sole Proprietorship). If the total of your net earnings from self-employment from all businesses is $400 or more, use Schedule SE (Form 1040), Self-Employment Tax to figure your self-employment income and tax owed. The self-employment tax consists of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (Social Security) tax and the hospital insurance (Medicare) tax. The IRS will transmit the information from the Schedule SE to the Social Security Administration to figure your benefits under the Social Security system. See Publication 334, Tax Guide for Small Business. Certain highly compensated individuals may need to figure and pay an additional Medicare tax on Form 8959, Additional Medicare Tax. Please refer to the Instructions for Form 8959. Note: The federal tax system is a pay-as-you-go plan. Employers generally withhold income taxes from employees' wages or salaries when they pay them. However, payers generally don't withhold tax from payments they make to self-employed individuals. Therefore, you may need to make estimated tax payments. See Publication 505, Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax and Am I required to make estimated tax payments? 类别 Small business, self-employed, other business 子类别 Schedule C & Schedule SE
