Internal Revenue Service United States Department of the Treasury
Module 14: Self-Employment Income and the Self-Employment Tax

 

Part 1

Determine whether the workers below are employees or self-employed. Answer the following questions by typing the words employee or self-employed in the space provided. To assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.

Part 2

Answer the following multiple choice questions by clicking on the correct answers. To assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.

  1. Which tax form is used to calculate self-employment profit?
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  1. Which form reports payments made to independent contractors?
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  1. Which form reports salary payments made to employees?
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  1. Which tax form is used to calculate the self-employment tax?
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  1. Who prepares Form W-2?
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  1. Who completes Schedule SE?
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
Part 3

Walter Siebert is the full-time office manager at a car dealership. On his own time he has a pet care business, which involves exercising, grooming, and feeding pets when the owners are out of town. Review Schedules C-EZ and SE for Walter Siebert by clicking the buttons View Schedule C-EZ and View Schedule SE. Then, answer the following questions by typing your answers in the space provided. To assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.

View Schedule C-EZ   View Schedule SE
  1. Which tax form is used to calculate self-employment profit?
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.

 

Assessment
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