Tools & Resources

The spreadsheets behind the 1099 math.

Going 1099 means running a small business — even if it’s a business of one. These are the actual spreadsheets built to run it: price your rate, plan your cash, and keep books clean enough to hand to a CPA.

Free tool

Start here: the W-2 vs. 1099 rate calculator

Before you buy anything, know your number. Enter your W-2 pay and benefits, and the calculator shows the 1099 hourly rate you’d need to break even — plus what to ask for on top of that. Free, no email required.

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Free tool

Quarterly Tax Calculator

Estimate your federal quarterly payments — income tax and self-employment tax, minus what you’ve already paid. Quick estimate or detailed mode, with 2026 IRS figures and due dates built in. Free, no email required.

Open the quarterly tax calculator →
The 1099 Ledger annual dashboard showing income, expenses, profit, and tax estimate summaries by category
The Ledger’s annual dashboard — income, expenses, profit, and tax estimates at a glance.

Complete bookkeeping

The 1099 Ledger

$68.99 one-time

Know exactly what you earned, what you spent, and what you owe — with books a CPA would respect.

  • Track income across agencies, locums, per diem, and other streams
  • Log expenses by category — malpractice, health insurance, disability, and more
  • Tax tracker with an estimated liability figure, so quarterly payments stop being guesses
  • Mileage log, certifications & licenses tracker, and recurring expenses
  • Monthly and annual dashboards plus a balance sheet that update as you enter data
  • Equity tracking for S-corp owners building business value
Get The 1099 Ledger — $68.99

Excel/Google-Sheets-compatible spreadsheet. Includes Quick Start and Setup guides.

The Cashflow Planner setup sheet showing tax set-aside rate, cash reserve target, S-corp payroll settings, and agency rate configuration
Planner setup — agencies, tax set-aside rate, reserve target, and S-corp payroll in one place.

Week-by-week cash planning

The 1099 CRNA Cashflow Planner

$34.99 one-time

Plan the money week by week, so quarterly taxes and slow weeks never surprise you.

  • Configure up to 8 agencies with base, call, and per diem rates
  • Set your tax set-aside rate and cash reserve target once — the planner applies them all year
  • 52-week planner: log shifts by agency and watch each week’s cash position update
  • S-corp payroll settings with auto-calculated per-period amounts
  • Shift log for year-to-date reporting and a monthly summary of income vs. reserve
  • “Below reserve” flags warn you before a thin week becomes a problem
Get the Cashflow Planner — $34.99

Excel/Google-Sheets-compatible spreadsheet. Includes Quick Start and Setup guides.

Which one do you need?

The Ledger is for

What already happened

Your official books — income in, expenses out, taxes owed, net worth over time. This is the record you’d hand a CPA at tax time.

The Planner is for

What’s coming next

Your forward view — which weeks pay what, whether the reserve covers the slow ones, and how much of each check to set aside before you spend it.

A quick note: these are planning tools built from real 1099 bookkeeping experience. They’re educational aids, not tax, legal, or financial advice — for decisions with real money behind them, talk to a CPA or tax professional who understands independent clinicians.