26th January 2009, 11:01 PM
It might be ok for a one-off 'jolly' on your day off from the unit when you aren't going to declare it, but....
?70 a day is ?350 a week, sounds great. But take off tax, NI, public liability etc insurance, holiday pay, bank holiday pay, pension subs, money for when you are sick, money for when you aren't working, tools, work clothes, accommodation, office costs like phone/office supplies, new cameras, accountant, car and MOT etc etc..... It is not a decent self-employed rate. I charge way more than double that. Day rates round here (London) are double that rate for diggers.
Ask David whether he thinks ?70 a day is a living wage as a self-employed archaeologist. Even ?100 a day is way too tight. Look at what day rates for illustrators are.
BTW I used to get ?50 a day back in 92 as an employee, plus hotel/B&B, and ?10 a night subs, and yes that was more than a lot of digging jobs then (in 90 I was earning ?6,800 p.a.), but early 90's immediately post PPG16 isn't really comparable to now. But again as a self-employed rate, even back then ?50 a day wasn't actually a lot compared to what you should have been paid.
Glad you like the biscuits though.
?70 a day is ?350 a week, sounds great. But take off tax, NI, public liability etc insurance, holiday pay, bank holiday pay, pension subs, money for when you are sick, money for when you aren't working, tools, work clothes, accommodation, office costs like phone/office supplies, new cameras, accountant, car and MOT etc etc..... It is not a decent self-employed rate. I charge way more than double that. Day rates round here (London) are double that rate for diggers.
Ask David whether he thinks ?70 a day is a living wage as a self-employed archaeologist. Even ?100 a day is way too tight. Look at what day rates for illustrators are.
BTW I used to get ?50 a day back in 92 as an employee, plus hotel/B&B, and ?10 a night subs, and yes that was more than a lot of digging jobs then (in 90 I was earning ?6,800 p.a.), but early 90's immediately post PPG16 isn't really comparable to now. But again as a self-employed rate, even back then ?50 a day wasn't actually a lot compared to what you should have been paid.
Glad you like the biscuits though.