Most definitely paying taxes as I am now working for myself. I know! They can pay me in fabric! (joking...)
Astrida On Feb 22, 2011, at 5:03 PM, annbw...@aol.com wrote: > Yes, and don't count your chickens before they hatch. "Could pay > dividends down the road" could pay dividends, or could lead towards their > always > taking for granted that you work for cheap. > So, yes, I agree, at least try to recoup your expenses--ALL of them. Also > remember that, if you are in the US, this is taxable income, although you > can subtract your expenses from that. Income tax and social security amount > to about 40%. Of course, if your self-employed income isn't much (I don't > remember the floor off hand), you don't have to pay social security > withholding, but if you want to be honest and fair, and you don't expense > away > everything, you should pay the income tax. > > Ann Wass > > > In a message dated 2/22/2011 2:34:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > rmitch...@staff.washjeff.edu writes: > > Charging what the market will bear is indeed a starting point for > reputation for you,?and skill learning for your students.? This is somewhat > the > direction I took in 1976 when I started my costume service business.? Once > again, make sure your out of pocket expenses are being covered...that one > took > me some time to realize how all the small items contributed added up on > the profit-loss column. You can?'donate' your time and effort, but it > shouldn't be a "Goodwill profit" . In the long run, I made my profit on > volume and > repeat customers...and when they wanted a first class product, I was first > in mind and they did not quibble on the difference of cost between costume > and Costume! > Good luck as you try to figure out how to do the project for your area. > Kathleen > -----Original Message----- > From: "Astrida Schaeffer" <astr...@schaefferarts.com> > Sent 2/19/2011 12:00:47 PM > To: "Historical Costume" <h-cost...@indra.com> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] pricing guidelines?This is a very small for-profit > sewing school. The sort of thing where I can't really charge what I think I > should, but it could pay dividends down teh road if I do this. > On Feb 18, 2011, at 10:17 PM, R Lloyd Mitchell wrote: >> At least mmwage for actual hours on the job as well as class prep.? All > out of pocket expenses from thread and needles to gas. Then there is the > matter of professional? recognition for your expertise. If you start with > that, then it should be understood that an additiona fee would be expected > for > your time and expenses.? Is this a for=profit enterprise or community > activity. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Astrida Schaeffer" <astr...@schaefferarts.com> >> Sent 2/18/2011 4:02:06 PM >> To: "Historical Costume" <h-cost...@indra.com> >> Subject: [h-cost] pricing guidelines?Hi-- >> I am terrible at pricing my work and time. May I please ask for some > advice from you all? >> I've been approached about helping run a week of summer camp focused on > 19th c. sewing. I'd bring the girls behind the scenes at a local museum to > look at collections, lecture on 19th c. fashion developments, show > reproductions for them to try on (already existing, not made for this camp), > teach > some hands-on techniques. I'm not running the camp, but I'd be one of the > main teachers. >> The organizer is asking for pricing and I simply have no idea what to > tell her. I'm guessing my daily involvement during the 5 days would be > usually about 2-3 hours, however there would be a good deal of prep work I'd > be > doing ahead of time. >> What say you? >> Many thanks, >> Astrida >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> h-costume@mail.indra.com >> > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume_______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> h-costume@mail.indra.com >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume= > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
