Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
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ISBN: 9780357391129
Author: WHITTENBURG
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 6, Problem 16P
To determine
Introduction:Self-employed individuals pay self-employment taxes instead of FICA taxes. The entire tax is paid by a self-employed individual since these individuals have no employers.
The self-employment tax for 2019 using schedule SE.
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Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
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