• DreamButt@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      You’re not accounting for taxes and insurance. You lose way more to both as a self employed individual (at least here in the states)

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        If you’re a self employed contractor, you’re taking taxes and insurance out yourself, not from what you’d be paid.

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          Exactly. When I was self employed, my monthly invoice was almost always in the 5 figures. From that you pay your VAT every quarter, save up for income taxes, pay all sorts of insurances, and what you’ve got left is a lot less, but the initial transfer looks very good.

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          2 days ago

          I’m not really sure what your point is. If I bill my guy 8k for the hours I did last month he sends me 8k. I then personally have to buy my own insurance and do my quarterly taxes

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            Right, which would happen after the direct deposit, so your entire tangent about taxes and insurance seems irrelevant to the meme and conversation involving the amount in the meme.