If you freelance — either as your primary job or your side hustle — the way you file your taxes will be different than someone who works a salaried position and gets a W-2. And, the more jobs and 1099s you have, the more confusing the process may become. So if you wonder how to file taxes as a freelancer , that’s a great question. According to TurboTax , aside from regular income tax, freelancers must pay self-employment tax, too — 15.3 percent — which represents Social Security and Medicare taxes that non-freelancers automatically have taken out of their […]
