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Form 1040-SS — U.S. Self-Employment Tax Return (Including the Additional Child Tax Credit for Bona Fide Residents of Puerto Rico)
Federal housing law as enacted — verbatim and citable.
- Edition
- 2026-10-03
- Last updated
- 2026-10-04
- Jurisdiction
- United States
Official source: IRS Forms, Instructions & Publications (https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040ss.pdf), retrieved 2026-10-03. U.S. Government work (17 U.S.C. § 105).
At any time during 2025, did you: (a) receive (as a reward, award, or payment for property or services); or (b) sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of a digital asset (or a financial interest in a digital asset)? (See instructions.) . . . Yes No Part I Total Tax and Credits (see instructions) 1 Filing status.
Single Married filing jointly Married filing separately (MFS). Enter spouse’s SSN above and full name here:
Head of household (HOH) Qualifying surviving spouse (QSS) If you checked the HOH box, and will not complete line 2, enter the child’s name:
If treating a nonresident alien or dual-status alien spouse as a U.S. resident for the entire tax year, check the box and enter their name (see instructions and attach statement if required):
2 Qualifying children. Complete only if you are a bona fide resident of Puerto Rico and you are claiming the additional child tax
For Disclosure, Privacy Act, and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see instructions.
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| Part II Bona Fide Residents of Puerto Rico Claiming Additional Child Tax Credit (see instruc | ctions | s) |
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| 1 Do you have one or more qualifying children under age 17 with the required social security number? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Go to line 2. 2 Number of qualifying children under age 17 with the required social security number: x $1,700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Enter your modified adjusted gross income . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Enter the amount shown below for your filing status . . . . . . . . . • Married filing jointly – $400,000 • All other filing statuses – $200,000 4 5 Is the amount on line 3 more than the amount on line 4? No. Leave line 5 blank. Enter the amount from line 2 on line 11, and go to line 12. Yes. Subtract line 4 from line 3. If the result isn’t a multiple of $1,000, increase it to the next multiple of $1,000 (for example, increase $425 to $1,000, increase $1,025 to $2,000, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Multiply the amount on line 5 by 5% (0.05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Number of qualifying children from line 2 x $2,200 . . . . . . . . . 7 8 Number of other dependents, including children who are not under age 17: x $500. See instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9 Add lines 7 and 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10 Is the amount on line 9 more than the amount on line 6? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Subtract line 6 from line 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Enter thesmaller of line 2 or line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12a Enter one-half of self-employment tax from Part I, line 3 . . . . . . . 12a **b **Enter one-half of the Additional Medicare Tax on self-employment income from Form 8959, line 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12b c Add lines 12a and 12b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12c 13 **a **Enter the amount, if any, of withheld social security, Medicare, and Additional Medicare taxes from Puerto Rico Form(s) 499R-2/W-2PR (attach copy of form(s)). If married filing jointly, include your spouse’s amounts with yours . 13a **b **Enter the amount reported on Part I, line 6a, if any, of employee social security and Medicare tax on tips not reported to employer from Form 4137 . . . . 13b **c **Enter the amount reported on Part I, line 6c, if any, of uncollected employee social security and Medicare tax on wages from Form 8919 . . . . . . 13c **d ** Enter the amounts reported on Part I, lines 6b and 6d, if any, of uncollected employee social security tax and Medicare tax on tips and group-term life insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13d e Enter the amount, if any, of Additional Medicare Tax on Medicare wages from Form 8959, line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13e f Add lines 13a through 13e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13f 14 Add lines 12c and 13f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 15 Enter the amount, if any, of Additional Medicare Tax withheld from Form 8959, line 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 16 Subtract line 15 from line 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 17 Enter the amount, if any, from Part I, line 11b . . . . . . . . . . . 17 18 Is the amount on line 16 more than the amount on line 17? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Subtract line 17 from line 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Additional child tax credit. Enter thesmaller of line 11 or line 18 here and on Part I, line 10 . . . |
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| 1 Do you have one or more qualifying children under age 17 with the required social security number? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Go to line 2. 2 Number of qualifying children under age 17 with the required social security number: x $1,700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Enter your modified adjusted gross income . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Enter the amount shown below for your filing status . . . . . . . . . • Married filing jointly – $400,000 • All other filing statuses – $200,000 4 5 Is the amount on line 3 more than the amount on line 4? No. Leave line 5 blank. Enter the amount from line 2 on line 11, and go to line 12. Yes. Subtract line 4 from line 3. If the result isn’t a multiple of $1,000, increase it to the next multiple of $1,000 (for example, increase $425 to $1,000, increase $1,025 to $2,000, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Multiply the amount on line 5 by 5% (0.05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Number of qualifying children from line 2 x $2,200 . . . . . . . . . 7 8 Number of other dependents, including children who are not under age 17: x $500. See instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9 Add lines 7 and 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10 Is the amount on line 9 more than the amount on line 6? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Subtract line 6 from line 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Enter thesmaller of line 2 or line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12a Enter one-half of self-employment tax from Part I, line 3 . . . . . . . 12a **b **Enter one-half of the Additional Medicare Tax on self-employment income from Form 8959, line 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12b c Add lines 12a and 12b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12c 13 **a **Enter the amount, if any, of withheld social security, Medicare, and Additional Medicare taxes from Puerto Rico Form(s) 499R-2/W-2PR (attach copy of form(s)). If married filing jointly, include your spouse’s amounts with yours . 13a **b **Enter the amount reported on Part I, line 6a, if any, of employee social security and Medicare tax on tips not reported to employer from Form 4137 . . . . 13b **c **Enter the amount reported on Part I, line 6c, if any, of uncollected employee social security and Medicare tax on wages from Form 8919 . . . . . . 13c **d ** Enter the amounts reported on Part I, lines 6b and 6d, if any, of uncollected employee social security tax and Medicare tax on tips and group-term life insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13d e Enter the amount, if any, of Additional Medicare Tax on Medicare wages from Form 8959, line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13e f Add lines 13a through 13e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13f 14 Add lines 12c and 13f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 15 Enter the amount, if any, of Additional Medicare Tax withheld from Form 8959, line 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 16 Subtract line 15 from line 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 17 Enter the amount, if any, from Part I, line 11b . . . . . . . . . . . 17 18 Is the amount on line 16 more than the amount on line 17? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Subtract line 17 from line 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Additional child tax credit. Enter thesmaller of line 11 or line 18 here and on Part I, line 10 . . . |
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| 1 Do you have one or more qualifying children under age 17 with the required social security number? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Go to line 2. 2 Number of qualifying children under age 17 with the required social security number: x $1,700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Enter your modified adjusted gross income . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Enter the amount shown below for your filing status . . . . . . . . . • Married filing jointly – $400,000 • All other filing statuses – $200,000 4 5 Is the amount on line 3 more than the amount on line 4? No. Leave line 5 blank. Enter the amount from line 2 on line 11, and go to line 12. Yes. Subtract line 4 from line 3. If the result isn’t a multiple of $1,000, increase it to the next multiple of $1,000 (for example, increase $425 to $1,000, increase $1,025 to $2,000, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Multiply the amount on line 5 by 5% (0.05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Number of qualifying children from line 2 x $2,200 . . . . . . . . . 7 8 Number of other dependents, including children who are not under age 17: x $500. See instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9 Add lines 7 and 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10 Is the amount on line 9 more than the amount on line 6? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Subtract line 6 from line 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Enter thesmaller of line 2 or line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12a Enter one-half of self-employment tax from Part I, line 3 . . . . . . . 12a **b **Enter one-half of the Additional Medicare Tax on self-employment income from Form 8959, line 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12b c Add lines 12a and 12b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12c 13 **a **Enter the amount, if any, of withheld social security, Medicare, and Additional Medicare taxes from Puerto Rico Form(s) 499R-2/W-2PR (attach copy of form(s)). If married filing jointly, include your spouse’s amounts with yours . 13a **b **Enter the amount reported on Part I, line 6a, if any, of employee social security and Medicare tax on tips not reported to employer from Form 4137 . . . . 13b **c **Enter the amount reported on Part I, line 6c, if any, of uncollected employee social security and Medicare tax on wages from Form 8919 . . . . . . 13c **d ** Enter the amounts reported on Part I, lines 6b and 6d, if any, of uncollected employee social security tax and Medicare tax on tips and group-term life insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13d e Enter the amount, if any, of Additional Medicare Tax on Medicare wages from Form 8959, line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13e f Add lines 13a through 13e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13f 14 Add lines 12c and 13f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 15 Enter the amount, if any, of Additional Medicare Tax withheld from Form 8959, line 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 16 Subtract line 15 from line 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 17 Enter the amount, if any, from Part I, line 11b . . . . . . . . . . . 17 18 Is the amount on line 16 more than the amount on line 17? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Subtract line 17 from line 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Additional child tax credit. Enter thesmaller of line 11 or line 18 here and on Part I, line 10 . . . |
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| 1 Do you have one or more qualifying children under age 17 with the required social security number? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Go to line 2. 2 Number of qualifying children under age 17 with the required social security number: x $1,700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Enter your modified adjusted gross income . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Enter the amount shown below for your filing status . . . . . . . . . • Married filing jointly – $400,000 • All other filing statuses – $200,000 4 5 Is the amount on line 3 more than the amount on line 4? No. Leave line 5 blank. Enter the amount from line 2 on line 11, and go to line 12. Yes. Subtract line 4 from line 3. If the result isn’t a multiple of $1,000, increase it to the next multiple of $1,000 (for example, increase $425 to $1,000, increase $1,025 to $2,000, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Multiply the amount on line 5 by 5% (0.05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Number of qualifying children from line 2 x $2,200 . . . . . . . . . 7 8 Number of other dependents, including children who are not under age 17: x $500. See instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9 Add lines 7 and 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10 Is the amount on line 9 more than the amount on line 6? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Subtract line 6 from line 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Enter thesmaller of line 2 or line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12a Enter one-half of self-employment tax from Part I, line 3 . . . . . . . 12a **b **Enter one-half of the Additional Medicare Tax on self-employment income from Form 8959, line 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12b c Add lines 12a and 12b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12c 13 **a **Enter the amount, if any, of withheld social security, Medicare, and Additional Medicare taxes from Puerto Rico Form(s) 499R-2/W-2PR (attach copy of form(s)). If married filing jointly, include your spouse’s amounts with yours . 13a **b **Enter the amount reported on Part I, line 6a, if any, of employee social security and Medicare tax on tips not reported to employer from Form 4137 . . . . 13b **c **Enter the amount reported on Part I, line 6c, if any, of uncollected employee social security and Medicare tax on wages from Form 8919 . . . . . . 13c **d ** Enter the amounts reported on Part I, lines 6b and 6d, if any, of uncollected employee social security tax and Medicare tax on tips and group-term life insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13d e Enter the amount, if any, of Additional Medicare Tax on Medicare wages from Form 8959, line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13e f Add lines 13a through 13e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13f 14 Add lines 12c and 13f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 15 Enter the amount, if any, of Additional Medicare Tax withheld from Form 8959, line 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 16 Subtract line 15 from line 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 17 Enter the amount, if any, from Part I, line 11b . . . . . . . . . . . 17 18 Is the amount on line 16 more than the amount on line 17? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Subtract line 17 from line 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Additional child tax credit. Enter thesmaller of line 11 or line 18 here and on Part I, line 10 . . . |
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| 1 Do you have one or more qualifying children under age 17 with the required social security number? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Go to line 2. 2 Number of qualifying children under age 17 with the required social security number: x $1,700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Enter your modified adjusted gross income . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Enter the amount shown below for your filing status . . . . . . . . . • Married filing jointly – $400,000 • All other filing statuses – $200,000 4 5 Is the amount on line 3 more than the amount on line 4? No. Leave line 5 blank. Enter the amount from line 2 on line 11, and go to line 12. Yes. Subtract line 4 from line 3. If the result isn’t a multiple of $1,000, increase it to the next multiple of $1,000 (for example, increase $425 to $1,000, increase $1,025 to $2,000, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Multiply the amount on line 5 by 5% (0.05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Number of qualifying children from line 2 x $2,200 . . . . . . . . . 7 8 Number of other dependents, including children who are not under age 17: x $500. See instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9 Add lines 7 and 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10 Is the amount on line 9 more than the amount on line 6? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Subtract line 6 from line 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Enter thesmaller of line 2 or line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12a Enter one-half of self-employment tax from Part I, line 3 . . . . . . . 12a **b **Enter one-half of the Additional Medicare Tax on self-employment income from Form 8959, line 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12b c Add lines 12a and 12b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12c 13 **a **Enter the amount, if any, of withheld social security, Medicare, and Additional Medicare taxes from Puerto Rico Form(s) 499R-2/W-2PR (attach copy of form(s)). If married filing jointly, include your spouse’s amounts with yours . 13a **b **Enter the amount reported on Part I, line 6a, if any, of employee social security and Medicare tax on tips not reported to employer from Form 4137 . . . . 13b **c **Enter the amount reported on Part I, line 6c, if any, of uncollected employee social security and Medicare tax on wages from Form 8919 . . . . . . 13c **d ** Enter the amounts reported on Part I, lines 6b and 6d, if any, of uncollected employee social security tax and Medicare tax on tips and group-term life insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13d e Enter the amount, if any, of Additional Medicare Tax on Medicare wages from Form 8959, line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13e f Add lines 13a through 13e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13f 14 Add lines 12c and 13f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 15 Enter the amount, if any, of Additional Medicare Tax withheld from Form 8959, line 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 16 Subtract line 15 from line 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 17 Enter the amount, if any, from Part I, line 11b . . . . . . . . . . . 17 18 Is the amount on line 16 more than the amount on line 17? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Subtract line 17 from line 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Additional child tax credit. Enter thesmaller of line 11 or line 18 here and on Part I, line 10 . . . |
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| 1 Do you have one or more qualifying children under age 17 with the required social security number? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Go to line 2. 2 Number of qualifying children under age 17 with the required social security number: x $1,700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Enter your modified adjusted gross income . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Enter the amount shown below for your filing status . . . . . . . . . • Married filing jointly – $400,000 • All other filing statuses – $200,000 4 5 Is the amount on line 3 more than the amount on line 4? No. Leave line 5 blank. Enter the amount from line 2 on line 11, and go to line 12. Yes. Subtract line 4 from line 3. If the result isn’t a multiple of $1,000, increase it to the next multiple of $1,000 (for example, increase $425 to $1,000, increase $1,025 to $2,000, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Multiply the amount on line 5 by 5% (0.05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Number of qualifying children from line 2 x $2,200 . . . . . . . . . 7 8 Number of other dependents, including children who are not under age 17: x $500. See instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9 Add lines 7 and 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10 Is the amount on line 9 more than the amount on line 6? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Subtract line 6 from line 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Enter thesmaller of line 2 or line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12a Enter one-half of self-employment tax from Part I, line 3 . . . . . . . 12a **b **Enter one-half of the Additional Medicare Tax on self-employment income from Form 8959, line 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12b c Add lines 12a and 12b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12c 13 **a **Enter the amount, if any, of withheld social security, Medicare, and Additional Medicare taxes from Puerto Rico Form(s) 499R-2/W-2PR (attach copy of form(s)). If married filing jointly, include your spouse’s amounts with yours . 13a **b **Enter the amount reported on Part I, line 6a, if any, of employee social security and Medicare tax on tips not reported to employer from Form 4137 . . . . 13b **c **Enter the amount reported on Part I, line 6c, if any, of uncollected employee social security and Medicare tax on wages from Form 8919 . . . . . . 13c **d ** Enter the amounts reported on Part I, lines 6b and 6d, if any, of uncollected employee social security tax and Medicare tax on tips and group-term life insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13d e Enter the amount, if any, of Additional Medicare Tax on Medicare wages from Form 8959, line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13e f Add lines 13a through 13e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13f 14 Add lines 12c and 13f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 15 Enter the amount, if any, of Additional Medicare Tax withheld from Form 8959, line 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 16 Subtract line 15 from line 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 17 Enter the amount, if any, from Part I, line 11b . . . . . . . . . . . 17 18 Is the amount on line 16 more than the amount on line 17? No. Stop. You can’t claim the credit. Yes. Subtract line 17 from line 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Additional child tax credit. Enter thesmaller of line 11 or line 18 here and on Part I, line 10 . . . |
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