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| Thread ID: 63696 | 2005-11-20 01:57:00 | Mileage charge | wlowscrk (395) | PC World Chat |
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| 405613 | 2005-11-20 19:51:00 | And is mileage charged to and from home base or just the out going trip? Both ways, unless you plan on walking back and charging shoe-leather & walk time. :rolleyes: You only make one genuine one-way, no return, no diversions trip in your lifetime- and that's to the cemetery, but even the undertaker charges both ways. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 405614 | 2005-11-20 20:42:00 | Due to the size of Wanganui I don't charge a milage fee, I would arrive before I started counting the distance....Muhahahaha. So the travel is taken care of by the call out fee. The exception is when someone wants a rural call out, In which case we negitiate how much I would charge just to arrive, They generally tend to bring em in themselves after we discuss money. Time, petrol, wear and tear, Has to be covered. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 405615 | 2005-11-20 21:42:00 | Ive come up with a new type of tax, well kind of. "Thats $7.50 + My Running Costs... Tax, milage, GST, insurance, wages, bank fees, morning tea, ACC... so make the cheque for $29.95...thanks" I would quote $7.50+MRC If you want to charge milage you should work out how much it costs you to travel one kilometer, no use charging 80cents if it costs you $1.40 in your V8 Holden Kingswood. |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 405616 | 2005-11-20 21:58:00 | What's the difference between a "callout" fee and a "mileage" charge? I was always under the impression that the "callout" charge included the "mileage" as andrew93 has indicated. If it doesn't then what is the callout fee for? :confused: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 405617 | 2005-11-20 21:58:00 | I use the AA's figures for running costs . In theory, if you do it right, and you banked those charges separately, by the time you get around to replacing your vehicle you should have enough money set aside to buy the new one . The AA figures presume purchase of a brand new vehicle of course, so there is heavy depreciation built in to their calculations . If you simply follow their rate for the size of vehicle you use, but buy a second-hand vehicle that is around 3-4 years old, you will not only have enough set a side to replace it, you will have a tidy sum to spare to use for other purposes . Not charging an appropriate rate for vehicle use means that you are subsidising the customer's job out of your own pocket . However, if you work in a relatively small community or have a local territory, I agree with Metla's approach . You don't need to show travel costs as a separate item, you just incorporate them in your hourly rate or house-call fee . Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 405618 | 2005-11-20 22:01:00 | If it doesn't then what is the callout fee for? :confused: Travel and other non-productive time associated directly with the job. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 405619 | 2005-11-20 22:25:00 | What's all this mileage nonsense when you are all talking price per kilometre :confused: :thumbs: | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 405620 | 2005-11-20 22:32:00 | What's all this mileage nonsense when you are all talking price per kilometre :confused: :thumbs: Try saying kilometreage a few times and you'll soon realise why it is easier to stick with the imperial terminology. :D Cheers Billy 8-{) :p |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 405621 | 2005-11-21 00:07:00 | Plus MRC Rob LOL Shades of the airline industry!!!! |
Arnie (6624) | ||
| 405622 | 2005-11-21 04:47:00 | Thanks for the feedback - certainly given me food for thought I live in a rural area - down the road for milk or a beer is a 30+ km round trip for me so I was thinking of having a drop off /collection point in the township. Maybe discuss charges or have a set price for each little township if people want me to go to them. Cheers and thanks again |
wlowscrk (395) | ||
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