Need to pay the employer and employee side of medicare/Medicaid on top of the standard income tax. # Goals - Charge on a daily rate or per project flat rate - Daily: $1300 - Project: depends on scale and timeframe - Target if at least twice hourly rate as W2, ideally more - $160/he is rough goal, but see above - Retainer, 10% of expected cost per period - Quarterly seems to be a reasonable timeframe for this, but feedback is worthwhile # Tax Management [Bonsai](https://www.hellobonsai.com/pricing): $39/month # Health Insurance Dental: $64/month (Delta Ultimate Plan) Vision: $28.88 (Delta Vision Brilliance Plan) / month Health: $400/month (Quartz, varies) **Total: $492.88/month** # Total: ???