Self-employed borrowers need additional documentation, such as bank statements or tax returns, to prove income stability. Keeping organized records and showing consistent income trends improve your ...

Mortgage lenders usually verify your employment by contacting your employer directly and reviewing recent income documentation. The borrower must sign a form authorizing an employer to release ...

Mortgages can feel complicated, right? Especially when you’re self-employed. It’s not always a walk in the park trying to ...

Kim Porter began her career as a writer and an editor focusing on personal finance in 2010. Since then, her work has been published everywhere from Forbes Advisor to U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, ...

Self-employment tax is a mix of Social Security and Medicare taxes. Use our calculator to estimate what you owe. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

When you’re self-employed, paying taxes is a little more involved than merely doing your income tax filing once a year as you do when you’re an employee. You’ll need to file the appropriate ...

Kiah Treece is a former attorney, small business owner and personal finance coach with extensive experience in real estate and financing. Her focus is on demystifying debt to help consumers and ...

The E-Verify program became mandatory for large federal contractors in 2008. It also is used voluntarily, with a total of about 220,000 participating employers in 2010. The Homeland Security ...