You will not bill 260 days
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A year has 260 working days and you will bill nearer 200. On the same target that is £281 a day, not £215.
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A year has 260 working days and you will not bill 260 of them. This works your rate back from what you need and the days you actually charge for.
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Three things worth knowing
The correct rate divided by the naive one is always the working year divided by your chargeable days. Bill four days in five and you have to charge a quarter more than the easy sum suggests.
This is before materials. Price those separately, because a markup on materials is not a margin on them.
It is also before tax. The target here is profit, and what you owe on it depends on whether you are a sole trader or a company.
The same sum, in a workbook
With the shortfall worked out against the profit you were aiming at.
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