I made over $102,000 last year in my personal (writing) business, and need to pay SE taxes on that, but I also was employed by and received a W-2 from another business, where Social Security was already withheld. How can I keep from paying excess SS taxes, since we don't need to pay SS on incomes over $102,000? Is that what lines 8a-d on the SE form are for, stating the income on which you've already paid SS taxes?

Thanks so much for your help...

Elizabeth:

If you use tax software, this will be done automatically by the software.

If not, you should not be doing your own return; get professional tax help!