Schedule SE (Form 1040), Self-Employment Tax
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Schedule SE (Form 1040) is the IRS form used to calculate Self-Employment Tax - the Social Security and Medicare tax owed on net earnings from self-employment. It is filed by sole proprietors, independent contractors, freelancers, and partners who had $400 or more in net self-employment income. JustFill lets you fill the official 2025 Schedule SE PDF online for free, with AI detecting each line.
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Schedule SE (Form 1040), Self-Employment Tax, is the IRS schedule that figures the Social Security and Medicare tax self-employed people owe in place of the payroll taxes an employer would normally withhold. You generally must file it if your net earnings from self-employment - typically from Schedule C profit or your share of partnership income on Schedule K-1 - were $400 or more, regardless of your age or whether you already collect Social Security or Medicare. The schedule applies the 12.4% Social Security rate up to the annual wage base ($176,100 for 2025) and the 2.9% Medicare rate with no ceiling, while subtracting any W-2 Social Security wages you already paid. It also computes the deduction for one-half of your self-employment tax, which flows to Schedule 1. JustFill opens the official 2025 Schedule SE PDF in your browser, uses AI to detect each line, and lets you type or dictate your figures - even on scanned copies - with no Adobe required.
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Net farm profit or loss from Schedule F and farm partnerships; most non-farm filers leave this blank.
Your non-farm self-employment profit, carried from Schedule C (line 31) or a partnership Schedule K-1.
Total net earnings before the 92.35% adjustment - the starting point for the SE tax calculation.
Multiplies line 3 by 0.9235; if under $400 you generally owe no self-employment tax.
Pre-printed cap of combined wages and self-employment earnings subject to the 12.4% Social Security tax ($176,100 for 2025).
W-2 Social Security wages and tips (plus Forms 4137/8919 amounts) that reduce how much of the cap remains for SE tax.
Line 10 applies 12.4% to the smaller of line 6 or 9; line 11 applies 2.9% Medicare tax to all of line 6.
Line 12 adds lines 10 and 11 for total self-employment tax (to Schedule 2); line 13 is the deductible half (to Schedule 1).
A sole proprietor in Portland, OR attaches Schedule SE (Form 1040) to compute self-employment tax on $79,300 of net Schedule C business profit, with no W-2 wages during the year. All names and numbers are fictional.
Name: Morgan K. Sample · SSN: •••-••-3940 · Line 2 Net profit from Schedule C: $79,300.00 · Line 3 Total: $79,300.00 · Line 4a (Line 3 × 92.35%): $73,233.55 · Line 4c Combined net earnings: $73,233.55
Multiplies Schedule C net profit by 92.35% to determine the portion subject to self-employment tax.
Line 7 Maximum Social Security wage base: $176,100.00 · Line 10 Social Security portion (Line 6 × 12.4%): $9,080.96 · Line 11 Medicare portion (Line 6 × 2.9%): $2,123.77
Applies the 12.4% Social Security rate (below the $176,100 cap) and the 2.9% Medicare rate to line 6.
Line 12 Self-employment tax (carried to Schedule 2, line 4): $11,204.73 · Line 13 Deduction for one-half of SE tax (carried to Schedule 1, line 15): $5,602.37
Line 12 adds to total tax on Schedule 2, while Line 13 is the above-the-line deduction on Schedule 1.
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Official source: Schedule SE (Form 1040) on Internal Revenue Service (IRS)’s website
Edition checked: 2025 Schedule SE (Form 1040) (2 pages; OMB No. 1545-0074, Attachment Sequence No. 17). Verified against the official source on · Verified in our Government Forms Fillability Study.
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