Question

Problem Information Use the following tax rates, ceiling and maximum taxes: Employee and Employer OASDI: 6.20% $128,400 $7,960.80 Employee* and Employer HI: 1.45% No limit No maximum $15,921.60 Self-employed OASDI: 12.4% $128,400 Self-employed HI: 2.9% No limit No maximum *Employee HI: Plus an additional 0.9% on wages over $200,000. Also applicable to self-employed. Rounding Rules: Unless instructed otherwise compute hourly rate and overtime rates as follows: 1. Carry the hourly rate and the overtime rate to 3 decimal places and then round off to 2 decimal places (round the hourly rate to 2 decimal places before multiplying by one and one-half to determine the overtime rate). 2. If the third decimal place is 5 or more, round to the next higher cent. 3. If the third decimal place is less than 5, drop the third decimal place. Also, use the minimum hourly wage of $7.25 in solving these problems and all that follow. Fess receives wages totaling $75,700 and has net earnings from self-employment amounting to $61,300. In determining her taxable self-employment income for the OASDI tax, how much of her net self-employment earnings must Fess count?

Answer 1

Total Income of Fess	137000	=75700+61300
Less: Self-employment OASDI limit	128400
Excess earnings	8600
Net self-employment earnings Fess must count	52700	=61300-8600