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From: "NColeman" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] client expenses
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 18:52:07 -0400
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I don't know about anyone else, but my two highest expenses,
after actual copying costs, and before any remuneration for
high capital items, is ELECTRICITY and HEATING FUEL. Phone,
of course, doesn't blend into the equation here, but it is
substantial as well.
Best regards. Nancy.
NColeman

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Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [APG] client expenses


> In a message dated 04/09/01 6:10:55 AM Mountain Daylight
Time,
> writes:
>
>
> > An interesting exercise, including the math, but the
cost of
> > toner and paper, I am afraid, are two of the less
expensive
> > elements in the true cost of making a copy on your home
> > computer!
> >
> > In fact, copies made at home on the computer are so
> > expensive that if you had to actually pay for them on a
> > sheet by sheet basis you would probably refuse to do so!
<g>
> >
> > ...
> >
> > I also read the rest of your message with interest and,
in
> > particular, noted the inventory of cost items. What I
failed
> > to see was any accounting for the really important cost
> > items: rent, depreciation, education, to name some.
>
> Richard,
>
> Thanks for mentioning other expenses that were not
detailed in the earlier
> note. It wasn't really the intention of that note to list
all possible
> expenses that a genealogist can incur for their craft "per
se," because these
> expenses will be different for everyone. I was hoping to
illustrate that
> accounting for expenses and the "cost of doing business"
does not have to be
> confusing or mysterious anymore wtih all the wonderful
accounting software on
> the market.
>
> Yes, the expenses you listed above, in particular, (rent,
depreciation and
> education) are some accountable expenses. However, I can't
see obfuscating
> the *calculation* of the cost of printing pages from a
printer with some of
> the expenses you attributed to the paper. Those items you
mentioned are valid
> expenses. But, were you suggesting that one reimburse
education, rent, and
> depreciation expenses through how much one charges per
page for computer
> printouts?
>
> For the purposes of a genealogist trying to get a handle
on his or her "cost
> of doing business," the expenses Richard mentions and the
others listed in
> the previous email are just a *few* of the expenses that a
genealogist or
> other small business person will want to gather and study.
I should have
> included that disclaimer in the first email.
>
> With the software available today, expense accounting for
the small business
> person or sole-proprietor doesn't have to be a mystery as
it might have been
> for earlier generations. That is the supporting statement
that was intended.
>
> Natalie Cottrill
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