Hey everyone,

Like many independent developers here, I spent the last few weeks navigating the confusing world of quarterly 1099 taxes, trying to figure out if setting up an LLC would actually save me money on my bottom line.

I went looking for a basic calculator to map out my federal, state, and self-employment tax brackets. What I found instead was incredibly frustrating.

Almost every calculator online falls into one of two categories:

Buried under massive walls of corporate ad-clutter, layout shifts, and analytics tracking scripts.