Current Medicare TaxCurrently taxpayers pay 1.45% Medicare Tax on their earned income. This is from a W-2 for employees and net-income from self-employed individuals. The employee pays this amount and the employer matches it, therefore they remit 2.9% to the government. A self-employed individual is considered to be both the employer and employee and therefore currently pays 2.9% Medicare Tax.
Startup businesses are often considering either a Limited Liability Company ("LLC") or a Subchapter S Corporation. Here are the differences:

This week is Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. Last year, we told you how every week is "Shark Week" for the self-employed in Connecticut. Now, a year later, there is even more blood in the water.