Sources verified · May 18, 2026
Your 1099 income, after the IRS.
Self-employment tax + federal + state + quarterly estimate. Handles the Social Security wage-base interaction with any concurrent W-2 paycheck. Sources cited.
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What this tool does and doesn’t do
- Does: self-employment tax per IRS Schedule SE 2026 (12.4% Social Security + 2.9% Medicare on 92.35% of net SE earnings, with the Social Security wage-base interaction with any W-2 wages you entered), federal income tax on net SE earnings after the half-SE deduction and optional retirement contribution, state income tax via the same after-deduction basis, additional Medicare 0.9% surtax on combined wages over $200,000, and the current-year quarterly estimate from IRS Form 1040-ES. If you enter prior-year total tax and AGI, it also shows the prior-year safe-harbor figure. Retirement contributions are flagged against rough TY2026 SEP-IRA / Solo 401(k) limits, but not silently capped.
- Doesn’t yet: apply the Section 199A Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction to the federal figure — we keep that conservative and show an informational estimate of the likely benefit for filers below the 2026 threshold instead. Also not yet: plan-specific Pub 560 retirement worksheets, age/catch-up eligibility, other elective deferrals, employee calculations, the self-employed health-insurance deduction, local city / county taxes, or estimated-tax penalty calculations.
- This is a planning estimate. It is not tax advice. Confirm important decisions with a qualified tax professional or CPA — self-employed taxes are an area where a one-time CPA consultation usually pays for itself.