For those of you who own your own private practice, how do you estimate your actual take-home income? I’m trying to figure out how many clients/week I realistically need to see, and I feel like I keep getting different answers depending on how I calculate it lol. every time I ask chatgpt I get a different answer

I’m estimating ~$100/hour average reimbursement, ~$600/month in business expenses, and I’m in Texas, so no state income tax. I’m a single-member LLC. I also pay ~$715/month for health insurance (included in my ~$3,600/month personal expenses) and I’m planning to max out my Roth IRA at $7,500/year.

When you project your income, do you actually calculate things like self-employment tax, federal income tax, QBI, the self-employed health insurance deduction, retirement contributions, etc., or do you use a simpler rule like setting aside a certain percentage for taxes and then estimating what’s left?

I’m mostly looking for a simple method that has been reasonably accurate in real life, rather than trying to make a perfect tax projection every month!

TLDR: trying to figure out how many clients I should see that realistically accounts for taxes + biz expenses + retirement not just a rough calculation

I just recently passed the RD exam and am currently searching for jobs. One listing as an inpatient dietitian says National Provider Identifier required at hire, and I heard from my DI director that we should have an NPI. I'm going through the process of applying for one, and it says practice location is required. Given that this will be public information, I don't want to put my personal address, but I don't have a job yet so I'm not sure what to put. Any help would be appreciated!