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Self-Employment Taxes: The Gig Worker's Surprise

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Two workers earn the same $40,000, but the self-employed one owes exactly double in tax, $6,120 against $3,060, the split behind the 12.4 plus 2.9 percent SE tax formula and the 25 to 30 percent set-aside rule.

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