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Profit & Take-Home Calculator

Money coming in is not the same as money you keep. A lash studio can book $12,000 of services in a month and still leave its owner short once rent, products, payroll and taxes are paid. This calculator separates business profit from the pay that actually reaches you.

Solo providers and owners enter a month of service revenue, product and service costs, rent, other fixed expenses and an estimated tax rate. Solo providers add their monthly pay; owners add payroll, commission paid to providers and their own owner pay. Under “Customize your calculation” you can add retail sales and variable expenses. How the numbers fit together: your pay is a business expense, business profit is what remains after every expense including your pay, and your take-home is your pay plus that profit, minus estimated taxes. Your pay is counted once, never twice.

Employees skip all of that. A barber on commission or a nail technician paid by the hour enters their pay type, service revenue, commission rate or wage and hours, tips and bonuses, and sees gross earnings, estimated taxes, take-home pay and effective hourly earnings. Tax figures are rough estimates, not tax advice.

GLOWDEGA® · Profit & Take-Home Calculator

Your numbers

Who are you?

Changes the example services in the wording only. The math is the same for every license.

Everything clients paid for services this month, before any costs.

How are you paid?

The total price of the services you performed this month.

Your share of the service revenue you generate.

Paid hours this month.

Add them to see your effective hourly earnings.

Before tax.

Products and supplies used in services, plus what the retail you sold cost you.

Rent or suite fee for the month. It is its own expense, kept out of other fixed expenses.

Other fixed expenses (not rent or pay): insurance, software, booking app, loan payments.

What you pay yourself this month. It is a business expense, and it comes back to you in your take-home, so it is counted once.

Wages and payroll taxes for your team. Leave your own pay out; it has its own field.

The share of service revenue paid to providers. It is a business expense.

What you pay yourself this month. It is a business expense, and it comes back to you in your take-home, so it is counted once.

A rough combined rate on what you earn. A tax professional can give you yours.

Customize your calculation

Products sold to clients. Their cost goes in product/service costs.

Other expenses (not rent) that rise and fall with how busy you are: card fees, laundry, marketing.

Retail commission, rebooking or other bonuses, before tax.

Your results

Enter your numbers and select Calculate to see your results.

Estimates are for educational purposes and are not tax, accounting, or legal advice.

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