Self-Employment Taxes: The Gig Worker's Surprise
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A 1099 means no employer withholding, and these slides show why that matters: on an identical $40,000 income, a W-2 worker owes $3,060 in payroll tax while a self-employed one owes $6,120, split into four quarterly payments due roughly each April, June, September, and January.
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