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		fortran77 on Nov 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber Hit with $650M Employment Tax Bill in New Jer... If these Uber drivers were correctly reporting their income (and I can't see how they wouldn't be--Uber surely 1099s it) -- wouldn't each individual driver be paying these same taxes, even as a self-employed person? The self-employed pay into Social Security for both their portion and the employer's portion, this also includes SSDI. I'm not sure how NJ does their state tax calculation.

howard941 on Nov 14, 2019 | [–]

These amounts aren't FICA, they're levied on employers and owed to the state's unemployment and disability tax collection agency.

mtnGoat on Nov 14, 2019 | [–]

yes this is true, but when you are an employee the goverment gets slightly more money because of things like FICA.

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