According to the IRS, you qualify as self-employed if you do odd jobs for pay ... The IRS has a list of guidelines to help you figure if what you're doing is a business rather than a hobby.

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People with W-2 jobs pay for Social Security and Medicare too, but they split the cost of this payroll tax with their employer. With no employer withholding payroll taxes from self-employed people ...

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