DO NOT FILE
July 30, 2021
DRAFT AS OF
Form 1040-SS (2021)
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Part V Self-Employment Tax—If you had church employee income, see instructions before you begin.
Name of person with self-employment income
Social security number of person
with self-employment income
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Note: If you are filing a joint return and both you and your spouse had self-employment income, you must each complete a separate
Part V.
A
If you are a minister, member of a religious order, or Christian Science practitioner and you filed Form 4361, but you had
$400 or more of other net earnings from self-employment, check here and continue with Part V . . . . . . . .
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1 a Net farm profit or (loss) from Part III, line 36, and your distributive share from farm partnerships.
Note: Skip lines 1a and 1b if you use the farm optional method. See instructions . . . . . . . 1a
b
If you received social security retirement or disability benefits, enter the amount of Conservation
Reserve Program payments included on Part III, line 6, plus your distributive share of these payments
from farm partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1b
(
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2
Net nonfarm profit or (loss) from Part IV, line 27, and your distributive share from nonfarm
partnerships. Ministers and members of religious orders, see instructions for amounts to report on
this line. See instructions for other income to report. Note: Skip this line if you use the nonfarm
optional method. See instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
3 Combine lines 1a, 1b, and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4 a If line 3 is more than zero, multiply line 3 by 92.35% (0.9235). Otherwise, enter the amount from line 3 4a
Note: If line 4a is less than $400 due to Conservation Reserve Program payments on line 1b, see
instructions.
b If you elect one or both of the optional methods, enter the total of lines 2 and 4 of Part VI here . . . 4b
c
Combine lines 4a and 4b. If less than $400, stop; you don’t owe self-employment tax. Exception. If
less than $400 and you had church employee income, enter -0- and continue . . . . . . .
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4c
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a
Enter your church employee income from Form(s) W-2, W-2AS, W-2CM,
W-2GU, W-2VI, or 499R-2/W-2PR. See instructions for the definition of church
employee income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5a
b Multiply line 5a by 92.35% (0.9235). If less than $100, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5b
6 Add lines 4c and 5b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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7 Maximum amount of combined wages and self-employment earnings subject to social security tax for
2021 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
142,800
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a
Total social security wages and tips from Form(s) W-2, W-2AS, W-2CM,
W-2GU, W-2VI, or 499R-2/W-2PR. If $142,800 or more, skip lines 8b through
10, and go to line 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8a
b Unreported tips subject to social security tax from Form 4137, line 10 (see
instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8b
c Wages subject to social security tax from Form 8919, line 10 (see instructions) 8c
d Add lines 8a, 8b, and 8c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8d
9 Subtract line 8d from line 7. If zero or less, enter -0- here and on line 10 and go to line 11 . . .
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10 Multiply the smaller of line 6 or line 9 by 12.4% (0.124) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
11 Multiply line 6 by 2.9% (0.029) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
12 Self-employment tax. Add lines 10 and 11. Enter here and on Part I, line 3 . . . . . . . . .
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Part VI Optional Methods To Figure Net Earnings—See instructions for limitations.
Note: If you are filing a joint return and both you and your spouse choose to use an optional method to figure net earnings, you must
each complete and attach a separate Part VI.
Farm Optional Method
1 Maximum income for optional methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
5,880
2
Enter the smaller of: two-thirds (
2
/3) of gross farm income (Part III, line 11, plus your distributive share
from farm partnerships), but not less than zero; or $5,880. Also, include this amount on Part V, line
4b, above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
Nonfarm Optional Method
3 Subtract line 2 from line 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
4
Enter the smaller of: two-thirds (
2
/3) of gross nonfarm income (Part IV, line 5, plus your distributive
share from nonfarm partnerships), but not less than zero; or the amount on Part VI, line 3, above.
Also, include this amount on Part V, line 4b, above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Form 1040-SS (2021)