A tax covering Social Security and Medicare contributions for self-employed individuals.
Because self-employed workers don't have an employer splitting these contributions, they pay both the employee and employer portions themselves, currently totaling 15.3% of net self-employment earnings (subject to income thresholds and caps set by current law). Half of the self-employment tax paid is typically deductible when calculating income tax.
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