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Issue 4 · The account most therapists never hear aboutAug 2026

Working for yourself means you get to contribute twice

Almost everyone knows the IRA, and almost everyone assumes that is the ceiling. It is not, once you are the business. In your own practice you are the employee and the employer, so a Solo 401(k) lets you contribute in both roles — your own deferral, plus a share of profit on top. That is why the limit is an order of magnitude above an IRA, and why most therapists never look: they have only ever been told the small number.

$72,000the Solo 401(k) ceiling at real practice profit, against $7,500 in an IRA alone — the difference is the employer half, which only exists because you own the business

$27,400of that is tax you would have paid anyway, on $253,500 of profit. Roughly a third of the contribution costs you nothing; it is money that was leaving either way, landing in an account with your name on it instead

And the catchIt is deferred, not forgiven — you pay income tax on the way out. It is locked until 59½. And it does not touch self-employment tax. Anyone selling it as free money is selling something

Also in this issueA free intake-and-consent template worth stealing · what five Bay Area practices are charging · a correction to last month’s CalVCB figure · the booking widget is close

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