Profit and owner salary, and what a reviewed election could return each year.
Estimates self-employment versus payroll tax only, using current-era rates and a rough admin cost for payroll and the extra return. It ignores state specifics, QBI interactions, and retirement plan effects, all of which matter and sometimes change the answer. The salary must be defensible as reasonable compensation; that judgment is the whole game. Not tax advice.
Built and reviewed by Fred J. Daus, EA, MBA, NTPI Fellow, Certified Tax Planner · Last reviewed July 2026
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