SCHEDULE SE
(Form 1040)
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service (99)
Self-Employment Tax
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Go to www.irs.gov/ScheduleSE for instructions and the latest information.
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Attach to Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR.
OMB No. 1545-0074
2020
Attachment
Sequence No.
17
Name of person with self-employment income (as shown on Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR)
Social security number of person
with self-employment income
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Part I Self-Employment Tax
Note: If your only income subject to self-employment tax is church employee income, see instructions for how to report your income
and the definition of church employee income.
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 I . . . . . . . .
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Skip lines 1a and 1b if you use the farm optional method in Part II. See instructions.
1 a Net farm profit or (loss) from Schedule F, line 34, and farm partnerships, Schedule K-1 (Form 1065),
box 14, code A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1a
b
If you received social security retirement or disability benefits, enter the amount of Conservation Reserve
Program payments included on Schedule F, line 4b, or listed on Schedule K-1 (Form 1065), box 20, code AH
1b
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Skip line 2 if you use the nonfarm optional method in Part II. See instructions.
2
Net profit or (loss) from Schedule C, line 31; and Schedule K-1 (Form 1065), box 14, code A (other than
farming). See instructions for other income to report or if you are a minister or member of a religious order
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 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 15 and 17 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 W-2. See instructions for
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7
Maximum amount of combined wages and self-employment earnings subject to social security tax or
the 6.2% portion of the 7.65% railroad retirement (tier 1) tax for 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . 7
137,700
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a
Total social security wages and tips (total of boxes 3 and 7 on Form(s) W-2)
and railroad retirement (tier 1) compensation. If $137,700 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 . . . 8b
c Wages subject to social security tax from Form 8919, line 10 . . . . . . 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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9
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 Schedule 2 (Form 1040), line 4 . . 12
13 Deduction for one-half of self-employment tax.
Multiply line 12 by 50% (0.50). Enter here and on Schedule 1 (Form 1040),
line 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Part II Optional Methods To Figure Net Earnings (see instructions)
Farm Optional Method. You may use this method only if (a) your gross farm income
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wasn’t more than
$8,460, or (b) your net farm profits
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were less than $6,107.
14 Maximum income for optional methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5,640
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Enter the smaller of: two-thirds (
2
/3) of gross farm income
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(not less than zero) or $5,640. Also, include
this amount on line 4b above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Nonfarm Optional Method. You may use this method only if (a) your net nonfarm profits
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were less than $6,107
and also less than 72.189% of your gross nonfarm income,
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and (b) you had net earnings from self-employment
of at least $400 in 2 of the prior 3 years. Caution: You may use this method no more than five times.
16 Subtract line 15 from line 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
17 Enter the smaller of: two-thirds (
2
/3) of gross nonfarm income
4
(not less than zero) or the amount on
line 16. Also, include this amount on line 4b above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1
From Sch. F, line 9; and Sch. K-1 (Form 1065), box 14, code B.
2
From Sch. F, line 34; and Sch. K-1 (Form 1065), box 14, code A—minus the amount
you would have entered on line 1b had you not used the optional method.
3
From Sch. C, line 31; and Sch. K-1 (Form 1065), box 14, code A.
4
From Sch. C, line 7; and Sch. K-1 (Form 1065), box 14, code C.
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see your tax return instructions.
Cat. No. 11358Z Schedule SE (Form 1040) 2020
