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Posted by over a barrel on September 10, 2008, 10:32 pm
> over a barrel wrote:
> >>> You are wrong on that factor, most *normal* people do know what a
> >>> vehicle, insurance, gas costs.
> >>> My estimate of the excessive cost included these factors. If my
> >>> estimate of cost didn't include anything but the time on-site and
> >>> the cost of the capacitor it would've instead been...
> >>> Let's say $60/hr like an auto mechanic makes, x 15 minutes, plus $20
> >>> capacitor (making a profit on one still) = $35. That's $65 for
> >>> driving 5 miles, it is more than established government analysis
> >>> determined is the average vehicle costs for driving that distance
> >>> (yes, your tax dollars have determined what it costs to own,
> >>> maintain and drive a vehicle for reimbursment purposes).
> >> the 65 cents a mile that the gov't reimburses is only to offset the
> >> cost of fuel and has nothing to do with the actual cost of operating
> >> the vehicle nor the drivers time, nor the administrative costs. You
> >> still don't have a clue. Try this... add up *ALL* of your vehicles
> >> operating expenses for a month... and keep the reciepts....notes,
> >> insurance, tags, repairs, service, wash/wax, tires etc, and log
> >> every trip. Then devide that number by the number of trips you make
> >> by your total vehicle expenses...then add the drivers time(pluss
> >> administrative costs), and that will give you your *TRUE* vehicle
> >> expenses. Report back to us when you have completed this task and
> >> tell us how much money the tech would have lost if all he charged is
> >> $100.
> > Steve meethinks either you need a better accountant or Im doing
> > something terribly wrong.
> > Dunno how you are doing it but here, ALL miles are logged and the
> > EVERY BIT OF THE ACTUAL COST is written off.
> > --
> I love it when someone says "you can write it off." What does that mean.
> Let me see, that doesn't mean it's "free", it means I still had to pay the
> money out...... from any profit that I might have made. Does it mean the
> government will pay it? Nope. What it means is I don't have to pay
income
> tax on [that] money. I still have to pay the cost, just not the tax since
> it is a part of the 'cost of doing business.' But I still have to pay for
> the 'write off.' :( I'd prefer not to pay it at all.
bingo..
Even though you don't get taxed on it....it still comes straight outa the
kitty.
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Posted by Zyp on September 11, 2008, 11:48 am
over a barrel wrote:
>> over a barrel wrote:
>>>>> You are wrong on that factor, most *normal* people do know what a
>>>>> vehicle, insurance, gas costs.
>>>>> My estimate of the excessive cost included these factors. If my
>>>>> estimate of cost didn't include anything but the time on-site and
>>>>> the cost of the capacitor it would've instead been...
>>>>> Let's say $60/hr like an auto mechanic makes, x 15 minutes, plus
>>>>> $20 capacitor (making a profit on one still) = $35. That's $65
>>>>> for driving 5 miles, it is more than established government
>>>>> analysis determined is the average vehicle costs for driving that
>>>>> distance (yes, your tax dollars have determined what it costs to
>>>>> own, maintain and drive a vehicle for reimbursment purposes).
>>>> the 65 cents a mile that the gov't reimburses is only to offset the
>>>> cost of fuel and has nothing to do with the actual cost of
>>>> operating the vehicle nor the drivers time, nor the administrative
>>>> costs. You still don't have a clue. Try this... add up *ALL* of
>>>> your vehicles operating expenses for a month... and keep the
>>>> reciepts....notes, insurance, tags, repairs, service, wash/wax,
>>>> tires etc, and log every trip. Then devide that number by the
>>>> number of trips you make by your total vehicle expenses...then add
>>>> the drivers time(pluss administrative costs), and that will give
>>>> you your *TRUE* vehicle expenses. Report back to us when you have
>>>> completed this task and tell us how much money the tech would have
>>>> lost if all he charged is $100.
>>> Steve meethinks either you need a better accountant or Im doing
>>> something terribly wrong.
>>> Dunno how you are doing it but here, ALL miles are logged and the
>>> EVERY BIT OF THE ACTUAL COST is written off.
>>> --
>> I love it when someone says "you can write it off." What does that
>> mean. Let me see, that doesn't mean it's "free", it means I still
>> had to pay the money out...... from any profit that I might have
>> made. Does it mean the government will pay it? Nope. What it
>> means is I don't have to pay income tax on [that] money. I still
>> have to pay the cost, just not the tax since it is a part of the
>> 'cost of doing business.' But I still have to pay for the 'write
>> off.' :( I'd prefer not to pay it at all.
> bingo..
> Even though you don't get taxed on it....it still comes straight outa
> the kitty.
Oh yea, and my kitty won't let go of her's... LOL
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Zyp
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Posted by over a barrel on September 10, 2008, 10:41 pm
> $800 is your answer
NOPE...
The REAL answer is "42"
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Posted by on September 11, 2008, 1:49 am
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:41:27 -0700, "over a barrel"
>> $800 is your answer
>NOPE...
>The REAL answer is "42"
Wrong.
We changed the question last week.
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on September 11, 2008, 12:48 pm
Those strags just didn't understand the question.
Got towel?
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> $800 is your answer
NOPE...
The REAL answer is "42"
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