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The Martyr Tax

You do two jobs here: the clinical work, and the work of running the place. Price both at what you would have to pay someone else to do them, subtract what you actually pay yourself, and one number falls out. Some owners find it is large. Some find it is zero. Both are worth knowing.

The Martyr Tax
$5,178/mo
$62,140 a year in work you do and do not get paid for
Clinical work, at market · 95 hrs/mo$8,103
Running the practice, at market · 65 hrs/mo$3,575
Replacing you$11,678
What you pay yourself− $6,500
The Martyr Tax · keystonepractice.co/tools/martyr-tax
$11,678/mo
Replacing you would cost
160 hours a month, both jobs
$6,500/mo
You pay yourself
$41/hr across every hour you work
$41 vs $73
Your rate vs the market rate
you are paid 56% of what those hours cost to buy

Buying your two jobs on the open market runs $11,678 a month. You take $6,500. The difference is labor the practice gets from you and does not pay for, which is why the profit line looks healthier than your bank account. Nobody is doing anything wrong here. You just cannot decide about it until you can see it.

No dollars and no names, just the percentage.

A rough read on the rates you entered, not a valuation and not advice about what to pay yourself. It counts labor only, so it leaves out the risk you carry, the equity you build, and the tax treatment of a draw versus a wage. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.

This is one slice. The full Snapshot shows your whole picture: what you really keep, your real hourly rate, and where the money goes. Free, about five minutes, nothing leaves your browser.

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