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Is there any way to avoid or lower $3000+ in self employment tax for 1099-misc?

April 26, 2017avoid Business Finance lower taxes United

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Is there any way to avoid or lower $3000+ in self employment tax for 1099-misc?

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That sounds about right. If you worked for wages, you would have social security and medicare taxes withheld and you would never see them. As a self-employed person, you have to write a check for the employer and employee parts of the tax. The only way to lower it is to have more expenses.