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[Kristina Anderson]

The higher the bill rate, the less hours you can bill, the less clients 
you will have, and the harder you will work for that same amount.  You 
will spend more than 1/2 of your time on marketing because you will be 
competing for a bite of a very small pie.

My phone is ringing off the hook and I can pick & choose what I want to 
work on.  So for me, and for my clients, this rate works.  I know if 
they could afford to pay me $3,000 a week instead of $2,000, they 
would.  But they really cannot afford it in most cases.  I deal with the 
small biz market primarily.

And again, the tax burden on a W2 employee is MUCH GREATER since you 
cannot deduct transportation, meals, office space, utilities, etc etc etc.
You pay taxes on the entirety of what you make.
As a self employed person, after all legal deductions are figured and 
accounted for, the tax burden is truly negligible if you know your tax 
rules.  AND I can take a month off whenever I choose!  Can't beat that.

Kristina


On 4/2/2011 2:25 PM, Donna Marie Vincent wrote:
> If you're talking about a fulltime job you  can't compare that because your employer is paying half your s/s plus other benefits and you get paid for nonbillable time. I don't know any consultant in the NYC area who is billing less than $75/hr
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> On Apr 2, 2011, at 12:46 PM, talk-request at lists.nyphp.org wrote:
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