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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by pb7 on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @02:54PM (#27910459)
Businesses pay the same amount in payroll taxes as employees do. Self employed people pay double the payroll taxes.
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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by prepend on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @03:14PM (#27910728)
Technically, self employed people pay less than double because they can deduct the employer contribution. So I think it’s like 12.4% for self-employed vs, 7.5% for just an employee.
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