Am I Making a Living at This? MP3 Instant Download

Do you know the costs of doing business as a professional organizer? Are you charging enough to make a living? How do you figure out what to charge? Are you tracking your income and expenses so you can tell if youre making a profit? In this session, you'll learn the financial facts of life of being self-employed--the expenses to anticipate, when and how to make estimated tax payments, and some ways (high tech and low tech) to track income and expenses. Though this session is all about money, there'll be a brief discussion of all the other things a professional organizer does that are not billable, but take time during the work week. Using a worksheet developed by Susan (and used in NAPOs Professional Organizing 101 class), youll learn how to calculate an hourly rate (for a sole proprietor/Schedule C taxpayer) based on your desired annual salary, taking into account business expenses, health and other insurance, retirement, the employer share of Social Security/Medicare, the number of weeks you want to work, and the number of billable hours you think youll have per week.

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