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Gated
None of it
Built from
Our published prices and real reasoning
Caveats
Stated on each result rather than hidden

Tools

Three calculators that answer the questions we get asked most. Nothing is gated, nothing asks for your email, and each one tells you what it does not model.

Most common answer
Your home state, which surprises people

Which jurisdiction should you form in?

Four questions at most. The first one usually decides it.

Where are you resident?

This is the single fact that decides most of the answer.

Uses
Our published prices
Excludes
Expedite fees and anything you have not asked for

What will it actually cost?

Setup and the first full year, using our real published prices with government fees shown as a range because they vary by jurisdiction.

What are you forming?
How much bookkeeping?
Beyond the state of formation
Models
Payroll tax difference and our service cost
Does not model
Income tax, state tax, QBI, retirement contributions, or salary reasonableness

Is an S corporation election worth it yet?

The question we are asked more than any other, and the one most often answered with a rule of thumb that does not survive contact with the numbers.

In US dollars, after business expenses but before paying yourself
Leave blank and we will assume 40 percent of profit
Principle
A tool should tell you what it does not know

Why the caveats are on the results rather than in the footer.

A calculator that produces a confident number and hides its assumptions is worse than no calculator, because it gives people the feeling of having decided something. The S corporation tool in particular models one narrow thing, the payroll tax difference, and there are at least four other factors that can flip the answer either way.

So the limits sit next to the result where you cannot miss them. If the number looks close, that is precisely when it is worth twenty minutes with somebody who can see your whole position.

Common questions

They are honest about what they model. The jurisdiction chooser encodes the same reasoning we use on a first call. The cost estimator uses our published prices and an indicative range for government fees, which vary and change. The S corporation tool models the payroll tax difference and our service costs only, and deliberately does not pretend to model income tax or the reasonableness of a salary.

No. Nothing here is gated. We think a tool that holds its answer hostage is a poor advertisement for how the firm works.

Yes, and for anything consequential you should. These are a starting point that makes the first conversation shorter and more useful.

Related

Got an answer you want checked?

Bring the output and we will tell you whether it holds for your actual situation.

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