Annie is self-employed and has $58,000 in income from her business. She also has investments that generated dividends of $3,000 and interest of $2,500. What is Annie’s self-employment tax for the year?
First, you need to know the self-employment taxes: The self-employment tax is 92.35% Social security tax is 12.4% and Medicare tax is 2.9% = (15.3%)
Dividends and interest are not a part of the income.
58000 * 92.35% *15.3% Turn the percentages into decimal form in order to multiply. You can do this by moving the decimals over twice or dividing each percentage by 100.
58000*.9235 * .153 = $8,195.
Annie's self-employment tax for the year is $8,195.
