Switch to an s-Corp.
30% of the gross will be paid as a salary, as an employee of the s-Corp. you must pay social security, etc on that.
The other 70% can be taken as a dividend distribution As the owner of the s-corp. Thats not subject to social security, etc.
Will save you ~15% in taxes.
at your level, it’s Well worth the cost of the cpa to handle the payroll, quarterly, etc.
I don’t think devs realize that a 1099 costs you money.
LLC is a business entity type. S Corp is a way to be taxed.
With LLC, life is simpler (formation, filing taxes, maintenance). With S Corp, you can distribute the profit as dividend (at a lower tax rate) after paying yourself a reasonable salary.
Edit: I just noticed that you'd posted the original comment in this thread. So, LLC electing to be taxed as an S Corp means simpler filing requirements (as opposed to C Corp and the like), coupled with the ability to distribute dividends.