# small business owners: how do I pay myself?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-business-owners-how-do-i-pay-myself/131615>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 2002, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-business-owners-how-do-i-pay-myself/131615 "2002-10-10T01:20:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![zedan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a88e4f/32.png) [@zedan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zedan)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-business-owners-how-do-i-pay-myself/131615/1 "2002-10-10T01:20:52Z")

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I recently started my own S Corporation and have a couple of clients. So I set up a bank account in the company’s name and deposited my first payment for services in the account. So now how do I go about paying myself in the easiest manner possible? I have no other employees, just myself. I have already figured out a reasonable salary for myself and the rest I will take as dividends. I just need to know how to figure the taxes and what not when I pay myself and how and when I should transfer this to the IRS. Any URLs that detail this procedure would be most helpful too.

Thanks!