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Do you charge software costs on to clients?

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Hi,

 

I have been doing a few clients' accounts using Solar but have recently taken on someone who's previous bookkeeper had been using Sage. I have bought Sage for my laptop (as I do all work from home and the client doesn't need the software), but I was just wondering what other people do re software costs. Do you list it on your invoice, or increase your hourly fee to cover it?

 

Sorry if a silly auestion, I am new to this and unsure what is best.

 

Thanks,

 

Lizzie

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Hi Lizzie,

I tend to use the client's computer with their software, either in their office, or using remote access (logmein normally). If I was in the position of needing to have the software on my own pc, I would make a judgement call on how much other work I could do with it - if you just have a single company licence then this is all you can use it for, but I did subscribe to Sage's bookkeepers club a while back which included up to five companies. I increased my rate a bit to cover this.

Most of my clients are moving to Quickbooks online, which makes things a lot easier, and I bill them the monthly charges with a small markup

Cheers,

Dave

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