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Re: charging for the "commuting" part of telecommuting? or business travel
Subject:Re: charging for the "commuting" part of telecommuting? or business travel From:Emily Berk <emily -at- armadillosoft -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:58:29 -0700
I did most of my traveling as a programmer or systems analyst. All my travel costs were paid for by my clients and for long trips (days that killed full days), I did charge them for a day of work. It wasn't like I could be working on another project on that day. This was all clearly stated in my contract.
But even for writers -- Salaried employees don't usually use vacation days to travel to remote offices. Why should contract workers?
(Obviously, it's different if you've chosen to commute a long way to a project rather than move. That would be where I'd charge significantly less per off-site hour and make everyone I worked with aware (not in a complaining way) of how significant the difference was. I used to work with a salaried guy who had a 2.5 hour each way. He made that commute daily for quite a few years. It was during the boom so I assume his salary made it worth his while. Commuting expenses are not deductible for salaried employees and I know he did not get reimbursed for that commute.)
At 06:47 PM 4/16/02 -0500, Bill Buckheit wrote:
>This really reminds me of my trips to beautiful Costa Rica a few years back. Due to flight schedules, I'd fly down on a Sunday (on my own time of course), make it to my hotel by about 9:30 PM. Work all week 8-5 in a factory. ...
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