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  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://askcalculators.com/us/self-employment-tax/schema.json",
  "title": "Self-employment Contribution Calculator — United States inputs",
  "description": "Estimate ordinary US self-employment contributions, UK Class 4/voluntary Class 2, or Irish annual self-assessed Class S PRSI. Income tax, USC, capital gains and special exemptions are separate. USD planning view; stated limitations apply.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "profit": {
      "title": "Annual net business profit",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 60000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "USD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
    },
    "wages": {
      "title": "US Social Security wages already paid this year",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 0,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "USD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
    },
    "additional": {
      "title": "Other independently verified contribution/additional Medicare",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Illustrative starting value; replace with your own evidence.",
      "default": 0,
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000000000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-prefix": "USD",
      "x-unit": "currency"
    },
    "rulesConfirmed": {
      "title": "Country/year, contribution eligibility and additional charges verified",
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "profit",
    "wages",
    "additional"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "x-askcalculators": {
    "version": "20.16.0",
    "calculatorUrl": "https://askcalculators.com/us/self-employment-tax/",
    "queryExample": "https://askcalculators.com/us/self-employment-tax/?profit=60000&wages=0&additional=0&rulesConfirmed=0",
    "migrationStatus": "new",
    "reviewStatus": "pending",
    "pageStatus": "live",
    "workStatus": "pending",
    "formula": {
      "expression": "US: net earnings × Social Security/Medicare rates, subject to remaining SS wage base. UK: 2026/27 Class 4 marginal bands plus eligible voluntary Class 2. Ireland: 2026 blended Class S rate and minimum.",
      "note": "Inputs are converted to canonical units before evaluating this stated formula."
    },
    "quality": {
      "availability": "live",
      "technicalReviewRecord": "/reviews/v20-us-self-employment-tax.json",
      "qualifiedReview": "pending",
      "qualifiedReviewer": null,
      "qualifiedReviewDate": null,
      "formulaVersion": "20.16.0",
      "referenceCoverage": "references-listed",
      "releaseTestScope": "Catalog and regression checks are not a professional formula audit; consult release evidence.",
      "historicalMetadataDate": "",
      "historicalMetadataNotice": "The imported date is not evidence of a completed human review."
    },
    "outputs": {
      "contributionBase": {
        "title": "Modeled contribution base",
        "type": "number",
        "x-format": "currency",
        "x-currency": "USD",
        "x-digits": 2
      },
      "contribution": {
        "title": "Modeled contributions",
        "type": "number",
        "x-format": "currency",
        "x-currency": "USD",
        "x-digits": 2,
        "x-primary": true
      },
      "halfDeduction": {
        "title": "US half-SE-tax adjustment before separate limitations",
        "type": "number",
        "x-format": "currency",
        "x-currency": "USD",
        "x-digits": 2
      }
    }
  }
}