Motor mechanic charges £35 per hour is this unreasonable?

[nowt2pctoday]

I'll tell you right now that someone charging £35/hr doesn't need to be registered for VAT.

 

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You should check again on brain surgeons.

 

meanwhile back in the real world!!!! labour is only part of the equation, charging for parts etc comes under turnover so yes at 35 quid an hour he could easily be in the vat threshhold.

[Cyclone]

Absolutely, but at 30 hrs a week at £35 for 46 weeks a year that leaves £36700 overhead for parts before reaching the compulsory vat registration amount.

[Supertramp]

The OP didnt say they need to be, it was an assumption. The Mechanic would need to be working over approx 7.5 hours a day at £35 an hour for 6 days a week, 52 weeks a year before they would be required to be VAT registered. Not impossible, but also not probable.

 

---------- Post added 20-07-2017 at 10:10 ----------

 

 

so it was .....

 

Are you guys on about me?

 

He might have registered voluntarily. Anyway who cares? I was just making the point that £35 an hour for someone running their own business with overheads etc. is not massive moolah.

 

But as usual dome people just find a random little point to pick up on.

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[nowt2pctoday]

Absolutely, but at 30 hrs a week at £35 for 46 weeks a year that leaves £36700 overhead for parts before reaching the compulsory vat registration amount.

 

not many self employed only work 30 hrs or only 46 weeks:roll: more like 60+ hours and 50 weeks, overhead consumables &parts could average £150 per day. well above vat threshold

[Cyclone]

I think you've confused "working" with being paid to work.

Unless they constantly have enough customers, all living very close together, to work 10 hrs a day, 6 days a week without any time spent fetching parts or travelling...

I think it unlikely that they even work 6 days a week, nor 10 hrs a day, certainly most of the tradesmen I hire work 5 days a week and 8 hrs a day.

I think it unlikely that they work 50 out of 52 weeks as well, unless they're single workaholics. Otherwise families and spouses want to have holiday time.

 

For the record, I'm self employed and I work 37 hrs a week, 46 weeks a year or thereabouts.

 

---------- Post added 21-07-2017 at 14:23 ----------

 

Difficult to find any decent estimates for self employed mechanics income, but I did find this.

 

http://www.mysalary.co.uk/average-salary/Self_Employed_Mechanic_25774

 

It reckons £50k, I assume that's before personal tax. With the rate for Yorkshire being lower at 40k.

 

---------- Post added 21-07-2017 at 14:24 ----------

 

The headline figure is about equivalent to someone earning £52000 through PAYE employment.

 

Not that far out from my estimate, and that was before expenses, so 40k final take home after tax and expenses in Yorkshire as an average is probably about right.

[Ram55]

My mechanic £25/hr

[Shogun]

Not an easy job fitting clutches Ive been doing one for the last few days on one of my connect vans,average price for fitting a clutch would be about £450 thats supplying the parts,a lot more if the clutch is a dual mass,,a good quality clutch about £120 to £150 cheaper for a non descript make,labour maybe £300, depending on make of car most clutches can be done in about 4-5 hours.

[carosio]

Apart from the hourly-rate controversy, I do admire travelling car-mechanics. They have to work on their knees in highly restricted spaces on a car propped up by axle stands in poor light, wind, rain and sweltering heat, all without the luxury of workshop facilities.