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    • EddieJenningsE
      EddieJennings @dbeato
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      @dbeato said in Billing Hour Segments:

      I charge by 8 minutes increments, that's just me because I go through tickets that way in average.

      Curious. How do you account for the last few minutes or an hour? Do you just have the last segment be 12 minutes?

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @EddieJennings
        last edited by

        @eddiejennings said in Billing Hour Segments:

        @dbeato said in Billing Hour Segments:

        I charge by 8 minutes increments, that's just me because I go through tickets that way in average.

        Curious. How do you account for the last few minutes or an hour? Do you just have the last segment be 12 minutes?

        When would you need to round to an exact hour?

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        • dbeatoD
          dbeato @EddieJennings
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          @eddiejennings said in Billing Hour Segments:

          . How do you account for the last few minutes or an hour? Do you just have the last segment be 12 minutes?

          Actually I charge by 0.2 hour segments... that is my bad...

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          • EddieJenningsE
            EddieJennings @scottalanmiller
            last edited by EddieJennings

            @scottalanmiller said in Billing Hour Segments:

            @eddiejennings said in Billing Hour Segments:

            @dbeato said in Billing Hour Segments:

            I charge by 8 minutes increments, that's just me because I go through tickets that way in average.

            Curious. How do you account for the last few minutes or an hour? Do you just have the last segment be 12 minutes?

            When would you need to round to an exact hour?

            Hmm. I suppose you don't. If your task goes into minute 56, you'd charge for the hour, so it wouldn't matter.

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            • gjacobseG
              gjacobse
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              How granular do you want or even need to be? you could split Deskside and Server and have separate time slices for each.

              Deskside at 15 min increments
              Server as either 6, 10, 30, 60 min increments.

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              • brandon220B
                brandon220
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                If you guys and gals charge for example $100/hour, do you charge the same rate for travel or a discounted rate?

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                • Mike DavisM
                  Mike Davis @brandon220
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                  @brandon220 I've seen it done both ways. I charge the full rate. If I'm sitting in a car I usually can't be working on anything else. On the other had I rarely charge drive time since I focus my business on a particular geographic area.

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                  • brandon220B
                    brandon220 @Mike Davis
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                    @mike-davis Same here. I have done it both ways.

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @brandon220
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                      @brandon220 said in Billing Hour Segments:

                      If you guys and gals charge for example $100/hour, do you charge the same rate for travel or a discounted rate?

                      When I had to drive 4 hours to get to a client site, then 4 hours home.. yep... I charged full rate. But when I worked well past 5 PM, I didn't charge OT/after hour rates.

                      When I had that client I would normally drive out (4 hrs) spend 8 hours onsite (leave at 10 PM), arrive at 7:30 AM work until 2 PM, then drive home.
                      No OT for that first day where I'm on their time for 12+ hours.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @brandon220
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                        @brandon220 said in Billing Hour Segments:

                        If you guys and gals charge for example $100/hour, do you charge the same rate for travel or a discounted rate?

                        Generally same rate, but it depends. It takes away time from other work just the same, so it's hard to justify a discount.

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                        • PenguinWranglerP
                          PenguinWrangler
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                          For my side business, I do tenths of an hour. I come from Legal IT background though and that is how Lawyers charge so I go with what I know.

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