# Guides for prop traders

Practical guides on prop firm payout tax, splitting a payout, what evaluation fees really cost, and the runway needed to trade full time.

- [What tax you actually owe on a prop-firm payout](https://www.propelaudit.com/guides/prop-firm-payout-tax): Why a payout is usually business income rather than a trading gain, what that costs in the US and the UK, and how to work out what to hold back from each one.
- [How to split a payout so the tax money is still there in April](https://www.propelaudit.com/guides/split-payout-tax-reserve): The four-bucket method, why the tax share leaves first, and what to do when the buckets do not add up.
- [What a year of evaluation fees really costs](https://www.propelaudit.com/guides/prop-firm-fees-true-cost): The arithmetic of evaluations, resets and activations, and how to tell a funding cost from a subscription you keep renewing.
- [Funded-account income and the runway maths for going full time](https://www.propelaudit.com/guides/funded-trading-runway): What runway actually means when income is lumpy, and the number to reach before you quit anything.