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When to take legal action against client for outstanding payment?

I have an hourly-rated contract with a client (small tech company, ~5 people + a few contractors). The first 7 months went well - payments tended to be a week or two late on occasion, which I attributed to disorganization. However, a month ago the…
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Code ownership in web dev subcontracting

I've been working with an agency to develop a web site for their client. I had a contract with the agency, not the end client. I was unfortunately off my guard on this one and the contract didn't state the code ownership before or after the job is…
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Should I include gratis overtime on an invoice?

I have just completed my first freelance project with a customer, and I am now sitting down to create the invoice. In case it matters: Both me and the company are UK based, and I am acting as a member of a partnership (and therefore invoicing under…
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What is a 3-quote process?

I am quoting for a potential new client, and she has said that they need to go through a 3-quote process... does this mean that they are looking for a quote from me and two others? Or does it mean that I will have to quote in stages? I'm assuming it…
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Computer maintenance: Whats the difference between charging a retainer and hourly rates?

I'm quite young in my I.T. business and my clients suggest I start charging retainers for my services. I'm not too sure about what structures monthly retainers use and what services they include as i've been running under an hourly payment…
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Best practices for starting as a freelancer with little time to prepare?

I am a software developer in the USA with a lot of focus on .Net I've been doing it for fun since I was a kid and am about 10 years into a career now, but I've only worked as a corporate programmer. This means I'm not only underpaid and treated…
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What should be included in a contract?

I'm new at this and making a simple website for a person. It will mostly be HTML and CSS (no fancy scripts). I'm considering having him sign a contract. What exactly should be included in a contract? I'm assuming payment, but any thing else like…
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Is there a pattern we can use to increase our price along with experience?

We all increase our hourly price based on our experience. Is there some pattern we can use when deciding how much we will increase hourly price? For example, we start with $20 per hour as a total newbie. Then with each project we finalize, the…
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Client not Responding from more than last 36 Hours

I recently got my first project on Up Work, i had a lot of communication with two of the people from their side on Skype and i have been working on their project from previous week, i have developed couple of User Interfaces for that application,…
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Is pet business insurance required for a dog walking business?

My fiance has decided that she wants to start a dog walking business here in Florida. We've already discussed her forming an LLC to protect her from liability but she also mentioned having dog walking insurance (like this). I'm a software…
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Customer wants me to not disclose my company to the final customer where I should work on site

This question is close to Must the customer mention the existence of my own company to the final customer? but with a big difference: The customer wants me to work onsite at the final customer. Long story: I was approached by Headhunter A from the…
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How To Find Quality Freelancers?

EDIT- Edited as requested to be less of an open-ended question. That said I did receive some very useful advice. I contacted our local PHP meet up who passed me onto a local developer. Also, since countless hours on PPH, Upwork and the like, I…
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Hourly or daily rate for consulting?

I have started my own consultancy business and have been asked to do two things for a client: Provide assistance around how to manage data in an existing system Provide training around database development The client definitely wants both of these…
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How to handle lending tools/equipment to freelancing acquaintance?

One of my acquaintances who recently started freelancing with a friend of him, asked me if he could borrow my camera. After some thinking I'm not sure if I'd like to lend him my camera because he has one himself, and he will need mine for a…
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UK VAT - Do I need to charge VAT

i am VAT registered and I need to invoice a company that is not vat registered and does not charge vat for its services. Do I need to add vat to my invoice when dealing with this company? Thanks
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