How to find my Social Security contribution amount from 1099 forms for self-employment?

For self-employed individuals, your Social Security contributions are part of what's called Self-Employment Tax (SE tax). On your tax return, look at Schedule SE - that's where your SE tax is calculated. It should be attached to your Form 1040. The total SE tax is 15.3% of your net earnings, with 12.4% going to Social Security and 2.9% to Medicare. So if you can find your SE tax amount, roughly 81% of that amount went to Social Security.

ya ur paying both parts. when ur self employed u gotta pay the whole thing urself. but u can deduct half of it on ur taxes i think

Yes, you're correct. As a self-employed person, you're paying both the employer and employee portions (12.4% total for Social Security). W-2 employees only see the 6.2% withheld from their paychecks because their employers pay the other 6.2% separately. But as the previous commenter mentioned, you do get to deduct half of your self-employment tax when calculating your income tax, which helps offset this somewhat.

If you want to see your ACTUAL earnings history and what you've contributed, the best way is to create an account on my Social Security at ssa.gov. It shows your complete earnings record and estimates your future benefits. WAY easier than trying to piece it together from tax returns!

If you're having trouble accessing your my Social Security account, you can also call the SSA directly at 1-800-772-1213 to request your earnings history. However, as you probably know, getting through to a representative can take hours. I had the same issue last year and used a service called Claimyr (claimyr.com) that got me connected to an actual SSA agent in under 10 minutes instead of waiting for hours. They have a video showing how it works: https://youtu.be/Z-BRbJw3puU. The agent was able to verify my identity and send me my complete earnings record by mail.

WHY is the SSA website so frustrating?!!!! I've been locked out of my account THREE TIMES and their phone lines are ALWAYS busy. And don't even get me started on trying to visit an office - appointment times are weeks out!!! It's like they WANT to make it impossible to access OUR OWN information!!!!!

To directly answer your question: On your Form 1040, look at Schedule 2, Part I, line 4. That's your total Self-Employment Tax. Multiply that number by 0.81 (or 81%) to get the approximate Social Security portion. The remaining 19% is Medicare tax. For example, if your Schedule 2 shows $10,000 in SE tax, about $8,100 went to Social Security and $1,900 to Medicare.

my brother is self employed too and he said u should ask ur CPA about SEP IRA or solo 401k...he says u can put away more $ for retirement that way n reduce ur taxes at the same time

When I was self-employed, I found it helpful to create a spreadsheet to track my Social Security contributions each year. I used it to project my future benefits. One thing to keep in mind is that benefits are calculated based on your highest 35 years of earnings, adjusted for inflation. If you have fewer than 35 years of work, they'll use zeros for the missing years, which can significantly lower your benefit amount.