{"id":1203,"date":"2018-03-02T17:45:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T22:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etax.com\/blog\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2019-07-09T13:54:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T17:54:15","slug":"pay-self-employment-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etax.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/02\/pay-self-employment-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"When to Pay Self-Employment Taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Individuals who are considered self-employed must still pay taxes. Self-employment taxes are contributions made to Social Security and Medicare, generally through quarterly payments known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etax.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/07\/surge-in-irs-penalty-underpayment-consequences-hit-gig-workers-and-consultants\/\">estimated tax payments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Self-employment tax applies to anyone who makes $400.00 or more. In these cases, the taxpayer must file a Schedule SE (Form 1040) to pay self-employment taxes, since withholdings are not taken on their income. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Self-employed taxpayers meet any of the following conditions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\">They are a sole proprietor or independent contractor for a business or trade. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\">They are a member of a business or trade partnership.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\">They conduct business on behalf of themselves.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Definition of Business and Trade<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Business or trade is considered when one performs services as a means of making a profit. Each situation is different when it comes to determining what is classified as a business or trade. How often you perform the service and the regularity of transactions are important in determining if your activity is a business or trade. You aren\u2019t required to make a profit in order to be considered self-employed, however, you must be attempting to profit and further the business. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Part-time Businesses<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">You don\u2019t have to perform your services or activity full-time to be considered self-employed. You can work full-time as an employee of another company, and still have a part-time business that falls under the self-employment guidelines. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Individuals who are considered self-employed must still pay taxes. Self-employment taxes are contributions made to Social Security and Medicare, generally through quarterly payments known as estimated tax payments. Self-employment tax applies to anyone who makes $400.00 or more. In these cases, the taxpayer must file a Schedule SE (Form 1040) to pay self-employment taxes, since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[345,135,36,136],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-income","tag-business","tag-schedule-se","tag-self-employed","tag-self-employment-tax"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>When to Pay Self-Employment Taxes - eTax.com\u00ae Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etax.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/02\/pay-self-employment-taxes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When to Pay Self-Employment Taxes - eTax.com\u00ae Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Individuals who are considered self-employed must still pay taxes. 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