Exactly. When I was self employed, my monthly invoice was almost always in the 5 figures. From that you pay your VAT every quarter, save up for income taxes, pay all sorts of insurances, and what you've got left is a lot less, but the initial transfer looks very good.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm not really sure what your point is. If I bill my guy 8k for the hours I did last month he sends me 8k. I then personally have to buy my own insurance and do my quarterly taxes

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right, which would happen after the direct deposit, so your entire tangent about taxes and insurance seems irrelevant to the meme and conversation involving the amount in the meme.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Reread the thread mate. If you already know that contractos charge more then you shouldn't be this confused

[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're the one that needs to reread. For real.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

It's crazy how missing a single word can spiral out like this. My b y'all