search_profitdrawer
Search ProfitDrawer answers
Searches the questions and answers published by ProfitDrawer on small business bookkeeping, taxes, pricing and money. Categories: Bookkeeping basics; Small business taxes; Start a business; Pricing and profit; Personal budgeting; Google Sheets and Excel how-tos; About ProfitDrawer files. Returns up to 10 matching answers, each with id, question, short answer, category, last-updated date and the URL of the answer page. Use get_answer with an id for the full text and source.
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get_answer
Get a ProfitDrawer answer
Returns one answer published by ProfitDrawer by id: question, short answer, full detail, source with label, published and updated dates, answer page URL, Markdown URL, related questions, and the products and calculators the answer mentions. Ids come from search_profitdrawer.
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list_categories
List answer categories
Lists the categories of ProfitDrawer's published answers with description, number of answers and category page URL.
Takes no parameters.
get_company_info
Get ProfitDrawer company facts
Returns public facts about ProfitDrawer: description, website, founding year with its source, area served, currency, support channels, social profiles and other facts, each with a source. Includes the About page URL.
Takes no parameters.
list_products
List ProfitDrawer products
Lists ProfitDrawer products (spreadsheets, printables, templates, planners and printed goods) with name, price in USD, file formats, availability, product page URL and Etsy listing URL. Optional filters: words to match, collection, maximum price and file format.
Parameterslimitqueryformatmax_pricecollection
query_dataset
Query a ProfitDrawer dataset
Returns rows from the datasets published by ProfitDrawer: irs-small-business-tax-deadlines-2027 (IRS small business tax deadlines 2027); irs-standard-mileage-rates (IRS standard mileage rates for business use, 2020 to 2026). Each row includes its IRS source URL and the date it was checked. Optional: filter by column values. Includes the dataset page URL and license.
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estimate_startup_costs
Estimate startup costs
Adds up one-time startup costs and monthly costs and works out cash left and months of runway (cash left divided by monthly costs, rounded down to 0.1, assuming no sales). Same formula as https://profitdrawer.com/tools/startup-cost-calculator.html. Optional preset with example amounts: Cleaning, Lawn care, Vending machine, Food truck, Any business; cost lists you pass replace the preset lines. Preset amounts are rough examples, not quotes.
Parameterspresetmonthly_costsstarting_cashone_time_costs
calculate_price_per_job
Calculate price per job
Works out a price for one service job: cost = hours x hourly pay + materials + travel + monthly overhead / jobs per month; price = cost / (1 - profit margin). Also returns profit per job, monthly revenue and break-even jobs per month. Same formula as https://profitdrawer.com/tools/price-per-job-calculator.html. Margins above 95% are treated as 95%.
Parametershoursrequiredtravelmaterialshourly_raterequiredjobs_per_monthmonthly_overheadprofit_margin_percentrequired
calculate_loan_payoff
Calculate loan payoff
Works out how many months a loan takes to pay off and the total interest, month by month (one month of interest = APR / 12 is added, then the payment is taken off), and what an optional extra monthly payment saves in interest and time. Same method as https://profitdrawer.com/tools/loan-payoff-calculator.html. A close estimate; lenders can differ slightly.
Parametersbalancerequiredapr_percentrequiredextra_paymentmonthly_paymentrequired
calculate_tax_set_aside
Calculate self-employed tax set-aside
Estimates how much of a self-employed profit to set aside for taxes: set-aside = profit x chosen percent, and the US self-employment tax part = profit x 92.35% x 15.3% (12.4% Social Security + 2.9% Medicare), per month, quarter or year. Same formula as https://profitdrawer.com/tools/self-employed-tax-calculator.html. An estimate, not tax advice.
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