For a single filer with $600K of self-employment income (and no wages) in 2024:
|
PolicyEngine |
TAXSIM-35 |
Form 8959 |
| Additional Medicare Tax |
$3,186.90 |
$3,600.00 |
$3,186.90 |
TAXSIM's $3,600 appears to equal 0.009 × ($600,000 − $200,000) — the threshold applied to gross SE earnings. Form 8959 Part II instead applies the threshold to Schedule SE Part I line 6, which is gross × 0.9235 per IRC §1402(a)(12):
| Line |
Description |
Value |
| 4 |
SE income from Schedule SE line 6 (= gross × 0.9235) |
$554,100 |
| 5 |
Threshold (single) |
$200,000 |
| 6 |
Medicare wages from Part I line 3 |
$0 |
| 7 |
Line 5 − Line 6 |
$200,000 |
| 8 |
Line 4 − Line 7 |
$354,100 |
| 9 |
Line 8 × 0.009 |
$3,186.90 |
The 92.35% factor comes from the §1402(a)(12) 7.65% deduction from gross SE earnings, which defines "net earnings from self-employment" → "self-employment income" in §1402(b). §1401(b)(2) applies the 0.9% rate to this adjusted base, not gross earnings.
Reproduce:
```
taxsimid,year,state,mstat,page,sage,depx,pwages,swages,psemp,idtl
1,2024,0,1,40,0,0,0,0,600000,2
```
TAXSIM returns `fiitax = 172,396.13`, which equals `168,796.13` (v19) + `3,600.00` (implied Additional Medicare). The 0.9% computation ignores the 92.35% adjustment.
Question: Should TAXSIM-35 apply the §1402(a)(12) 7.65% deduction before comparing SE income to the Additional Medicare Tax threshold, as Form 8959 Part II lines 4–9 require?
References:
For a single filer with $600K of self-employment income (and no wages) in 2024:
TAXSIM's $3,600 appears to equal
0.009 × ($600,000 − $200,000)— the threshold applied to gross SE earnings. Form 8959 Part II instead applies the threshold to Schedule SE Part I line 6, which is gross × 0.9235 per IRC §1402(a)(12):The 92.35% factor comes from the §1402(a)(12) 7.65% deduction from gross SE earnings, which defines "net earnings from self-employment" → "self-employment income" in §1402(b). §1401(b)(2) applies the 0.9% rate to this adjusted base, not gross earnings.
Reproduce:
```
taxsimid,year,state,mstat,page,sage,depx,pwages,swages,psemp,idtl
1,2024,0,1,40,0,0,0,0,600000,2
```
TAXSIM returns `fiitax = 172,396.13`, which equals `168,796.13` (v19) + `3,600.00` (implied Additional Medicare). The 0.9% computation ignores the 92.35% adjustment.
Question: Should TAXSIM-35 apply the §1402(a)(12) 7.65% deduction before comparing SE income to the Additional Medicare Tax threshold, as Form 8959 Part II lines 4–9 require?
References: