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What is the correct way to handle progressive billing, especially in the UK?
To clarify: for many projects I'll take an installment upfront, a second payment at a project milestone and then a final payment 30 days after completion. To date I've been supplying an invoice for the total amount, with follow up statements for…
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How do I account for adding interest to an unpaid invoice?
I have an agreement signed that I can charge 1.5% for each month the client has not paid.
Say I sent out an invoice Jan 1 for $1000 and they haven't paid. Payment is due Feb 1.
On Feb 2, I want to send another statement saying that they now owe me…
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UK freelancer living in Thailand working for UK based clients...tax?
I am a newly established UK freelance graphic designer living in Thailand for 6 months. I have several UK based clients who I am doing work for whilst here in Thailand. When it comes to declaring my earnings at the end of the tax year would I be…
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Who should pay for iOS Developer Program?
I'm a freelancer and I recently got an iOS development job. This is the first time I've developed an iOS app, and I remembered that Apple charges $99 a year for publishing for the App Store.
Now, should I have quoted them for that in the original…
CC Inc
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How much should I charge for iOS Application?
Since this is my first time developing iOS application for client, so I don't know how much should I charge from them. And how long should I give them a free maintenance? (Salary Rate as iOS App Programmer in Cambodia 500$-$1000+)
Here's a features…
Sokna Ly
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Normal employee vs freelance employer
I'm in Amsterdam. I currently have a QA engineer employment with a company that I like, but that I think they could pay me more.
I've been contacted for a freelancer QA engineer by a headhunter, for a new company, also in Amsterdam.
I've read about…
Noxxys
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Client expanding the scope - now demands refund
I agreed to work for a remote client (USA). He had almost no specs defined. Up to a point I kept asking questions to him to derive features but later he grew greedy and kept asking for more and more features.
We had set milestones during the project…
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Contract vs no-contract
What is the use of signing a contract?
Can the client sue me for poor quality work if we don't have a signed contract?
(Emails are the only sources of proofs for invoices and payments)
user5221
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How to deal with cross country contracts?
If I were to sign a freelancing contract with a person (client) from another country,
which country's jurisdiction should we agree upon?
I don't want to agree upon his country's law and he doesn't want to agree upon my country's law. Is there a…
user5221
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How does one find a project management related freelance project?
I wonder if it is even possible to find a freelance request for proposals which is related to project management, a client seeking for a manager? Why is such a job so rare?
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Am I free to bill the time when preparing for the work?
The question is based on the following: should freelancing be considered somewhat like a full-time office job or not.
If yes, then you are free to charge clients, when, for example, you are preparing for the project, you are going to the loo, or…
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How do you bill for on-site work? What do clients expect?
I often do on-site software training for my clients. When I do this, I typically bill a daily or half-day rate. My "half-day only" rate is about 65% of my daily rate because even though I'm only working a half-day, it's usually logistically…
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How to deal with a client who doesn't pitch up to meetings on time?
One particular client is notorious for not keeping the skype meeting times we set up. On several occasions the meeting time has come and gone, and I've sent a message though and they have replied saying they're really busy and can we move the…
user152
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How much can a specialized software engineer really make as a consultant/independent contractor?
I see developers regularly charge $100-200/hr but as I've been researching personal branding, contractor strategy, and best practices, I've come across several alarming figures. In one YouTube video I watched it was stated that some highly…
MEAN Developer
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Pay consultancy invoices via Bitcoin?
It is usual / possible that a consultancy contract contains hourly rate in Bitcoin unit and not in EUR or USD? And so payer will pay via Bitcoin and not via regular bank transfer?
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