Mark_A - 12:28 pm on Apr 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

This thread intriques me a little.

For those working from home,

At the end of the year when you add up your revenues and take away all costs:

Those expenses associated with specific jobs: bought and resold items, scripts, resold promotions, any subcon work, hosting for their site, travel to and from, phone calls,

Those general costs of being in business: equipment, computers, printers, modems, perhaps cameras, scanners, software, various licences, updates,subscriptions, stationary, postage, print cartridges, misc supplies, additional insurance premiums, time & costs spent training, office space (yes even at home), heating lighting & electrics, some of which are general expenses and others you may consider to be capital investments

How much do you end up keeping as your hourly rate for your years work? and how does this compare with the plumber again?

Re plumbers and websites I like that analogy:

They do not only do emergency work you know.