IRS Form 1040 Schedule SE (2020)

IRS Form 1040 Schedule SE is a worksheet that self-employed individuals use to calculate and report the self-employment tax they owe on their earnings. This tax primarily covers Social Security and Medicare taxes for self-employed individuals, typically paid by employees and employers in traditional employment situations.

To use the Upload PDF endpoint for this document, you must use A_1040_SCHEDULE_SE_2020 in the form_type parameter.

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SCHEDULE SE

The form type A_1040_SCHEDULE_SE_2020 supports data capture from the IRS 1040 Schedule SE only. Form 1040 (first 2 pages) is processed as a separate form type.

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a_1040_schedule_se_2020-Part1-General:yearTextNumerical description of the Form's pre-printed year, e.g. "2020" for a 2020 form.
a_1040_schedule_se_2020-Part1-General:nameOfPersonWithSelf-EmploymentIncomeTextName of the individual reporting
a_1040_schedule_se_2020-Part1-General:socialSecurityNumberOfPersonWithSelf-EmploymentIncomeTextFormatted XXX-XX-XXXX. The Social Security Number of the filing individual
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Identification that the filer is a minister, member of a religious order, or a Christian science practitioner and filed Form 4361
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a_1040_schedule_se_2020-Part2-SectionB-LongScheduleSe1-7:line1BIfYouReceivedSocialSecurtyRetirementOrDisabilityBenefitsMoneyAmount in social security retirement or disability earned by individual
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a_1040_schedule_se_2020-Part2-SectionB-LongScheduleSe1-7:line5AChurchEmployeeIncomeMoneyChurch employee income
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a_1040_schedule_se_2020-Part3-SectionB-LongScheduleSe8-26:line26MultiplyLine25By6.2MoneyCalculated leveraging lines 26 and 25

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