You built the business. The money's coming in. And somehow the question "how do I actually pay myself?" still doesn't have a clear answer — so you end up transferring money to your personal account whenever it feels okay to, then wondering later if that was the right call. You're not missing some obvious rule here. The truth is there isn't one single "correct" paycheck for a business owner the way there is for an employee — how you pay yourself depends on how your LLC is taxe