Hi! Relatively new here and feeling kind of lost. Question about freelance income — I make 80k at my W-2 dayjob and have a 401k, but I found out I’m going to have to pay 20,000 in taxes this year out of my freelance income. I saw some people talking about a SEP IRA — is this something I’d be allowed to do with an employer 401k? Do I email my accountant for this? I have very little deductions & home office is small, so if the SEP can let me keep some money, that’d be lovely. Thank you!

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You still have to pay taxes in general but you should be eligible to put up to a quarter of your self employment earnings into a SEP IRA, which will reduce your tax burden. This is managed separately from your employer 401k but you can set it up with any brokerage. Your accountant will help you calculate the amount eligible to put into a SEP IRA

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Thank you!

also, sorry if these are dumb questions. Parents are blue collar workers who have never made more than 40k each & I received very little financial education, so I’m trying to learn this all on the fly. If anyone has resources that helped them learn, esp for balancing 1099 income against W-2 income tax-wise, I’d be very grateful!

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Thank you for being so kind!

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