Your stylists’ tips are already being taxed. Federal law now lets salons recover the 7.65% FICA tax on those tips — 7+ chairs or $700K+ in revenue and you likely qualify. Most accountants never mention it because they are not aware of it.
No upfront cost. We are paid 8.75% of the credit we recover — nothing unless there is money back.
This is the yearly math for a 12-chair salon — your numbers come from your own payroll records.
Illustrative sample only — beauty claims run for 2025 and forward, with no retroactive lookback. Your actual credit depends on payroll records and qualifying wages. Your free eligibility check pins down your real number.
Hair salons at 7+ chairs or $700K+ revenue, larger day spas too. Your stylists and providers just need to be W-2 employees — booth renters don’t count.
Two sliders, one number — your estimated yearly credit.
For the 2025 tax year and forward. Beauty businesses claim the current year and every year after — unlike restaurants, there is no retroactive lookback for prior years, so the number above is your per-year estimate going forward. Quick estimate only — it assumes your staff’s wages are above the federal minimum, which is typical in salons and spas.
Pure success fee, published right here.
Nothing upfront, nothing out of pocket, ever. If the credit we secure for your salon or spa is zero, you pay zero — that’s the whole deal.
We do the heavy lifting. You collect the credit.
A quick review of your tipped payroll confirms whether your salon or spa qualifies. No credit, no cost — and you’ll still learn something useful.
Our team identifies your qualifying tips, calculates the full credit for the current year, and handles the filing paperwork.
It reduces your tax bill directly, year after year. We’re paid 8.75% of what we secure — nothing upfront, ever.
Straight answers, no fine print.
Hair salons, barbershops, nail salons, estheticians, and day spas — any beauty business where tipping the service provider is customary. If your clients tip your staff, the credit likely applies to you.
Yes. The credit is calculated on tips your W-2 employees report through payroll. Booth renters and independent contractors don’t count — only your actual employees.
Nothing upfront. It’s a pure success fee: 8.75% of the credit we recover for you. If there’s no credit, you pay nothing.
It scales with reported tips — for example, 10 employees averaging $12,000 in reported tips each is $120,000 in tips, which works out to roughly $9,180 per year in credits. Your free check pins down your actual number.
It’s a dollar-for-dollar credit against your income tax — not a loan, and nothing to pay back. Unused credit can generally be carried forward to future tax years.
No — and we’d rather tell you straight. The beauty expansion applies to tax years beginning after December 31, 2024, so 2025 is the first claimable year, plus every year going forward. There is no retroactive lookback for beauty businesses.
Most accountants never mention it because they are not aware of it.
Run the free eligibility check online, or book a free 15-minute call. No cost, no obligation.
Free eligibility check for salons, barbershops, nail salons, estheticians and spas. 8.75% success fee — no recovery, no fee.
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