How Much Should You Pay Yourself?

from 20/20 MONEY: The Business of Optometry · host Adam Cmejla

One of the benefits of being a practice owner is having the flexibility to control where the net income from your practice falls on your personal tax return. This translates into the question, "How much should I pay myself?" In today's show, we revisit this conversation and talk through some of the different implications of paying yourself a high or low W-2 salary, specifically as it pertains to the accumulation of your Social Security benefits and it's relationship with the 199A deduction. As a reminder, you can get all the information discussed in today's conversation by visiting our website at integratedpwm.com and clicking on the Learning Center. While there, you can also set up a 20-30min Triage conversation to learn a little bit more about how we help ODs around the country utilize their practice to grow their net worth, manage cash flow, and make proactive money decisions or check out any number of additional free resources like our eBooks and other blog posts. Form 8960 (Net Investment Income Tax) IRS Wage Compensation Fact Sheet How much should you pay yourself (Epsd 68 of 20/20 Money) Planning for the 199A deduction in your practice Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/2020moneypod/ ————————————————————————————— Please rate and subscribe to 20/20 Money on these platforms Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher ————————————————————————————— For past episodes of 20/20 Money with full companion show notes, please check out our episode archive here!