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Self-Employment Earnings

June 23, 2022

Why Isn't My Full Self-Employment Net Income Shown On My Social Security Earnings Record?

April 13, 2022

Is There Any Way To Fix The Fact That My Husband Hasn't Been Getting Credits From Our Business?

February 7, 2022

Can Anything Be Done For My Father To Receive Credit for His Past Self-Employment Earnings?

October 10, 2019

Can I Pay In To Get Credit For Past Years In Which I Was Self-Employed?

September 24, 2019

Should I Do Anything Different?

April 12, 2018

What Would Be The Best Way To Report Our Self-Employment Earnings?

December 21, 2017

Will I Receive Credit For My Earnings Even If They Are Reported Late?

October 28, 2016

What If My Wife And I Operated A Subchapter S Corporation?

October 25, 2016

What Is The Best Option For My Wife And Me?

July 10, 2016

Can My Wife Get Credit for Self-Employment Earnings in 1989?

July 3, 2016

Why Hasn't My Wife Received Any Social Security Credits?

May 6, 2017

Have My Wife And I Been Reporting Our Business Income Incorrectly?

April 7, 2017

Is There Anything Else I Can Do?

January 19, 2017

What If I Didn't File Self-Employment Tax Returns Timely?

December 28, 2016

How Should My Wife And I Report Our Earnings?

December 31, 2016

Does Social Security Consider Being A Minister As Working?

December 29, 2016

Would Additional Earnings Help My Wife More Than Me?

About the Author

Laurence J. Kotlikoff 

Laurence J. Kotlikoff is a William Fairfield Warren Professor and Professor of Economics at Boston University, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Professor Kotlikoff received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1977. Kotlikoff is the Director of the Fiscal Analysis Center.
A New York Times Bestselling author, he has written nineteen books and hundreds of professional articles and op-eds. He is a frequent television and radio guest. His columns have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Financial Times, the Boston Globe, Bloomberg, Forbes, Yahoo.com, Fortune, and other major publications. In 2014, The Economist named him one of the world's 25 most influential economists