First of all, congrats on making the leap and best of luck.
Your best bet for tax planning and so on is to talk to an accountant, as there are just so many variables and personal circumstances that come into play, it's impossible to give a specific recommendation.
Having said that, my own recommendation on whther or not to take a wage would be to try and avoid taking anything out of the new company, at least until you're established enough to get some feeling for what the company's sales will be over (say) a six month horizon.
If you want to build the company, by far the best and cheapest cash you'll ever get is from sales: use them to build reserves. These are important both to cover lean periods, but also to cover extra spending you may have to do to chase opportunities to grow the business (e.g. you get a big job and have to hire someone in to help doing it: without the company's own reserves, you might have to turn it down).
No harm too in checking out for general information.
Best of luck.