Standards version 1.1. Last reviewed August 15, 2026.
Purpose and responsibility
OwnerClarify is built for owner-operated service businesses. Each tool is intended to make a recurring decision easier to examine—not to produce individualized tax, legal, accounting, or financial advice. Menu Rescue LLC operates the site and is responsible for what is published under the OwnerClarify name.
How a calculator is developed
- Define the business question and the exact output the tool should produce.
- Identify the assumptions that materially change the answer and expose them as inputs or limitations.
- Write the formula in plain language before implementing it in code.
- Check a documented reference example by hand and in the tool.
- Test boundary cases such as zero hours, negative values, and mathematically impossible percentages.
- Publish the formula, example, limitations, and review date near the tool or in the methodology.
Testing does—and does not—prove
Published calculator logic is checked against documented examples and automated tests for expected outputs and important edge cases. Passing tests show that the implementation matches the intended formula under those conditions. They do not prove that a user's inputs, tax treatment, market assumptions, or business decision are appropriate.
Sources, dates, and factual claims
Core calculator arithmetic is documented directly so readers can reproduce it. When an explanation depends on an external or time-sensitive fact, the preferred source is the relevant primary or authoritative publisher. Material updates receive a new review date; dates are not changed merely to make old content appear new.
Software and AI assistance
Software tools, including AI-assisted drafting and coding, may be used to organize explanations, implement interfaces, and identify possible test cases. They do not choose a user's inputs or turn a general estimate into professional advice. The site operator remains responsible for final publication, and formulas remain available for readers to inspect.
Every article receives a human-edit pass
Drafts are reviewed for empty transitions, repeated summary language, inflated claims, generic openings, canned conclusions, excessive headings, fake quotations, and phrases commonly associated with unedited AI copy. Formatting should support the decision rather than make ordinary prose look more important. An article is not ready merely because its grammar is clean.
The final review also checks whether the title makes a defensible promise, examples match the linked calculator, limitations are visible, sources support the claims beside them, and the reader receives a concrete next action.
Corrections and version changes
When a material formula or explanation error is confirmed, the affected code or content should be corrected, its examples and tests rechecked, and the review date updated. A change to the calculation method also receives a new methodology version. Suspected errors can be submitted through the decision-request form; start the message with “Correction” so it can be separated from tool requests.
Commercial separation
Advertising or affiliate compensation does not change calculator formulas, default inputs, or results. Commercial relationships must be disclosed near a recommendation, and advertisements must remain visually distinct from tools and editorial content. See the full affiliate disclosure.
Each result is most useful when you review the assumptions, compare them with your own records, and pressure-test the decision before acting.