title: Building your business--setting your fees: a cost-based approach.
abstract: Business costs include salary, benefits, self-employment tax, and business and office expenses. Salable time does not include holidays, sick or personal days, and vacations. According to fee-setting experts, most self-employed people engage in revenue-generating activities 50% to 75% of their working hours. Fair prices reflect the cost of your business or service, including all your overhead.
authors.affiliation: Food Consulting Company, San Diego, CA 92114, USA.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Duester
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004046:Dietetics / Q000191:economics*; D016520:Entrepreneurship / Q000191:economics*; D005249:Fees and Charges; D006801:Humans; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States