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Self-Employment Taxes: The Gig Worker's Surprise

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Casey's $28,000 in net profit produces a $4,284 SE tax bill, split into $3,472 for Social Security and $812 for Medicare, exactly double the $2,142 a W-2 employee's 7.65% rate would have produced on that same income.

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