How much money should I set aside from every freelance paycheck to cover federal and state self-employment taxes?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
How much money should I set aside from every freelance paycheck to cover federal and state self-employment taxes?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (2)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
2026 self-employment tax rate IRS 15.3% estimated taxes Google ↗
California 2026 income tax rates self-employed estimated tax FTB Google ↗
- Self-employment tax (Social Security and Medicare taxes) · irs.gov
- Publication 505 (2026), Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax · dejavu.org
- Estimated tax payments · ftb.ca.gov
- 2026 Instructions for Form 540-ES · ftb.ca.gov
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort