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The 9% Contractor · Yesterday's Medicine

What's your daily nut?

What a day of your business costs you before you earn a dime. Two taps, ten seconds, no paperwork.

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Question 1 of 3

What do you do?

Question 2 of 3

About how much do you bill a year?

Question 3 of 3

How long have you been at it?

Your starting daily nut

Before you earn a dime, every working day
$0/day

It took me 34 years and an accountant asking me a question I couldn't answer to figure this out. Here it is in ten seconds. It's free because I wish somebody had handed it to me at 25. — John, Clean Cut Fence Co., since 1992

That's the average painter. You're not the average painter.

The bills that come whether you work or not. Monthly, rough is fine. Leave blank what you don't have.

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Monthly total: $0 · Yearly: $0

Your real daily nut
$0/day

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Starting numbers come from IRS Schedule C filings for specialty trade contractors (tax year 2023) and the 2022 U.S. Economic Census, sorted by trade and size. They're a place to start, not a verdict. Your books are the truth - that's what the worksheet is for. © Yesterday's Medicine.