022. How Do You Pay Yourself as a Small Business Boutique Owner?

One of the more challenging parts of running a small business is making sure that you are paid for all the hard work and hours that you are pouring into your business. Unlike a traditional employee where you’re presented with a regular paycheck, determining how to pay yourself as a business owner can be a little more challenging & complex.

In today’s episode, we are going to take a deeper dive into the things to consider when you’re trying to decide how (and how much) to pay yourself as the one who started it all.

 

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• Need to get your bookkeeping caught up or cleaned up? Sometimes you just need a clean starting point so you can take it over yourself. Apply to work with us at www.findingfreedomfinancial.com/contact and we'll get your books up to date and ready to hand off.
• Need some support as you do you own bookkeeping? Then I wanna invite you to join me inside of the Bookkeeping Made Simple for Boutiques Membership, where you can get trainings & support to help you feel confident as you manage the money-stuff yourself. Using Quickbooks Online, I walk you through through the exact setup & process you need to implement everything for accurate and EASY bookkeeping all year long - no more tax time scramble! Join us at www.findingfreedomfinancial.com/membership
• Are you a Shopify seller who’s not quite ready to invest in a bookkeeping software like Quickbooks? Don’t worry - I got you! I’ve created a custom Shopify Seller Income & Expense Tracker that you can use to easily enter each transaction coming in and out of your business, along with your sales data coming directly from Shopify to put together a standard P&L (Income Statement) that you can hand over to your tax preparer. Download your copy at www.findingfreedomfinancial.com/spreadsheet

 

Prefer to learn while you read? Check out the blog post for this episode:

https://findingfreedomfinancial.com/pay-yourself/

 

Related Episodes & Resources Mentioned:

Profit First Book by Mike Michalowicz

Don’t have time to read the whole book? Check out this old blog post I wrote to summarize it for you: https://findingfreedomfinancial.com/profit-first-system/

Confused on what it really means to become an S Corp? This blog post might help: https://findingfreedomfinancial.com/s-corp-structure-benefits/