Your crew gets paid Friday.When do you?
If you're paying everyone but yourself, this free planner is for you. Built for contractors, trades, and independent restaurant owners who are done eating leftovers on payday.
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build the town.
"I grew up around guys who could fix anything except their own paycheck. Plumbers running million-dollar shops paying themselves whatever was left on Friday, usually nothing."
Profit First Payroll exists for every blue-collar owner and restaurant operator who swore they'd do better, for their family, for the crew, for the town that built them.
Fresh tool. Every other Monday.
We drop a new resource every other Monday, so you always get something fresh, useful, and free.
Track your money in and money out every week so you always know what to pay yourself, what to set aside, and where your profit is hiding. Built for busy owners who want clarity without spreadsheets.
Grab this week's drop →Payroll, plus the parts no one warned you about.
We're not a software dashboard. We're the people who pick up the phone, run the numbers, and stand between you and the audit letter.
Profit First Payroll Setup
We restructure your payroll cycles so the owner gets paid first, automatically, every period. No more leftovers.
Workers Comp Audit Defense
Full handling of your annual WC and GL audits. We talk to the auditor. You don't lose a billable hour.
Worker Classification
W-2 vs 1099 review by trade and role. We document the call so you survive the IRS or DOL knock.
Restaurant Tip Reporting
Credit card tips, tip pools, FICA tip credit, properly reported and reconciled.
Payroll Tax Filings
941, 940, state UI, local, all filed and paid on time. We monitor for the IRS notices nobody opens.
Multi-State Crews
Crews crossing state lines? We register, file, and run multi-state payroll without the spreadsheet hell.
Owners paying themselves again
Real wins from business owners who applied the playbook.
"I went from paying myself $0 to a real salary in 90 days. The free planner alone shifted how I look at payroll forever."
"Finally a resource that doesn't gatekeep. The weekly drops replaced three other newsletters I was paying for."
Hands stay dirty.Pockets stay full.
Grab the free planner, or skip ahead and book a 20-minute diagnostic with Matt. No sales script, no upsells, just a real look at where your payroll is leaking cash.
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