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Overheads

The ongoing costs of running the business that aren’t tied to a single job.

Overheads are the costs you carry whether or not you’re on a job — vehicle, fuel, insurance, tools, phone, software, accounting and admin time. Your charge-out rate has to recover them across your billable hours, or they come straight out of profit.

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