A reader writes, suggesting that no IRS form existed for Timothy Geithner to file self-employment taxes, because he wasn't self-employed:I have a friend who used to be the top payroll tax expert for one of the "final four" accounting firms.According to her:-    there is no IRS form (or any easy method) for a person who is not self-employed to use to report Social Security taxes to the IRS, and-    this is a long standing problem that practitioners have been aware about for years. Rosslyn Smith responds:This is correct. The IRS does not provide a specific form for those who are employees in the common law meaning of the term but whose employer is not legally compelled to calculate and remit employment taxes on their behalf. That is understandable because the number of filers in this position is quite small. The administrative inconvenience of remitting them on forms not...(Read Full Post)