<prompt> Human: Hey guys, any help understanding this would be greatly appreciated. I have filled out all the forms through turbotax and HR block to do my taxes, but have not followed through with filing because it seems way off. I also live in New Hampshire so I dont file a state return.I am a 1099 employee and I made about 42,500 net this year. I am a single man with no children. After standard deductions my taxable income lies roughly around 30,000. The tax preparing websites are telling me that I owe approximately 4,000 in FITW which I have paid through estimated tax payments last year, and an additional 6,000 in self-employment tax.Could this possibly be right??? thats 33 of my entire taxable income after standards deduction and personal exemption in the 15 bracket! I could swear that when I researched this when I became a 1099 employee last year I found that self employment tax was included in my calculations on the worksheet i was using, and the effective rate was somewhere around 15..Did I just completely fuck this up? As it stands Ive paid 4,000 already, if I owe another 6,000 thats going to be a huge problem. I cant recall any point in the past when I was a W2d employee where I paid THAT much in taxes on similar amounts.  <response>: Thats part of being a contractor. You pay 15 self employment plus normal income tax.Doesnt sound at all unreasonable. 