START HERE: Pick Your Path. Do not start by reading everything. Start by picking the path that fits where you are right now. If you came here because someone told you "1099 is better" and now your head is spinning over entities, taxes, deductions, contracts, insurance, CPAs, and rates — you are in the right place. Most anesthesia providers do not need to become tax experts. They need to know: What do I do first? What am I missing? Who should I talk to? How do I stop guessing? That is what this community is built for. Pick your path: 1. Make the Leap For W-2 anesthesia providers thinking about going 1099. Start here if you are asking: Do I need an LLC, S-Corp, or sole prop? How much more do I need to make for 1099 to be worth it? What insurance do I need? How do I find the right CPA or tax professional? What contract terms matter before I sign? Comment below: LEAP 2. Find the Leaks For mixed W-2/1099, new 1099, or current 1099 providers. Start here if you are asking: Am I set up correctly? Is my CPA missing things? Am I overpaying taxes? Am I missing deductions? Am I handling quarterly taxes correctly? Go to Classroom → Step 1: Tax Audit Tool. Then come back and comment: LEAKS 3. Create Your Leverage For experienced 1099 providers. Start here if you are asking: What are other providers getting paid? What is the agency spread? How do I negotiate better terms? How do I avoid bad contracts? How do I build retirement and income strategy beyond just working more shifts? Go to Bill-Rate Data and Classroom → Step 10: Contract Negotiation when unlocked.

The free side helps you find the gap. The paid side helps you fix it. Free members can get oriented, pick a path, run the Tax Audit Tool, use the Mixed Income Optimizer, and see where their 1099 setup may be weak. Paid members unlock the full fix-it system: CPA vetting.Entity setup.State strategy.Complete tax audit.Quarterly tax planning, Deductions, Insurance. Retirement.Contracts and rates.Multi-state scaling. Free answers: “What might be wrong?” Paid answers: “What do I do next?” Upgrade if you are W-2 considering 1099, newly 1099, mixed W-2 / 1099, or already 1099 and wondering what your CPA, entity, deductions, insurance, retirement, contract, or rate strategy may be missing. This is not personalized tax, legal, financial, or insurance advice. It is a guided decision system built for anesthesia providers who are done guessing. Founding rate: $47/month, locked while spots remain. Free helps you find the gap. Paid helps you fix it.

1099 Anesthesia Advantage exists because misinformation costs anesthesia providers real money. The standard here is simple: If you make a claim, be able to back it up. These rules apply to every post, comment, and reply. 1. Cite your source Every claim about tax law, contract law, regulatory requirements, or financial strategy should be backed by one of the following: IRC code, Treasury regulation, or IRS publication Primary regulatory source State board or state-level authority Peer-reviewed publication Professional association guidance Named credentialed professional Your own documented first-hand experience, clearly labeled as experience “I heard…”“Someone told me…”“I read on Reddit…” Not enough. Rewrite it or do not post it. 2. Educational only You can share frameworks. You can share your experience. You cannot give another member personalized legal, tax, medical, or financial advice. Good: “When I was in Pennsylvania, my CPA and I evaluated the PTET election. Here is the IRS/state reference we reviewed. ”Not good: “You should elect PTET.” The difference matters. 3. No promotion without permission CPAs, attorneys, advisors, insurance brokers, recruiters, and service providers must be approved before promoting anything.Unapproved promotional posts will be removed. 4. Disagreement is welcome Challenge ideas. Ask for sources. Push back on unsupported claims. But do not attack members, credentials, or motives. 5. Protect confidentiality Do not screenshot posts, comments, DMs, contracts, or member details and share them outside the community without explicit permission. If you post contract language, remove identifying details. 6. No Facebook chaos This is not a place for vague advice, agency-bashing, CPA-bashing, or “my buddy said” tax strategy. If you want that, the internet already has plenty of it. What we are building here is different. Evidence over opinion. That is the standard here. For the deeper explanation, read: Why We Require Citations Educational only. Not tax, legal, or financial advice.