"Employer" match on self-employed plans

[LCP]

Is it allowable to arrange the match or profit-sharing component of a self employed person's retirement plan in such a way that it can reduce SE tax?

My tax software wants to deduct both components on the front page of the 1040. I'd like to limit that to the SIMPLE or 401k deferral and pay the rest of it at the entity level so that it reduces SE tax.

[Bees Knees]

A self-employed individual cannot reduce SE tax by contributing to his or her own retirement plan. That is true for both the employee and employer portion of the contribution.

[Burke]

Is it allowable to arrange the match or profit-sharing component of a self employed person's retirement plan in such a way that it can reduce SE tax?

My tax software wants to deduct both components on the front page of the 1040. I'd like to limit that to the SIMPLE or 401k deferral and pay the rest of it at the entity level so that it reduces SE tax.

That is allowable only for employees he may have for whom he matches contributions. Not himself. Your software is doing it correctly.

[Rlmea]

Employer Match & Pension Contribution for Partner

Along this same thought pattern..... A partnership has a 401-K and pension plan. Each partner contributes the max ($20,500 - over age 50, by reducing draws (deferral)). The partnership matches ($9,000), booked as a employer match and also contributes a pension deposit of $20,500. My question is how much passes through on the K-1 so that the partner reports it on his own 1040? They have other employees participating as well. I thought it was only the deferral portion, but after reading this, I'm not sure.