Basically, you start with your actual or desired salary as a permanent employee, add the costs of running your business, and now divide it with a realistic number of billable hours per year (e.g. 1350 if you expect to have a regular 40-hour week and be able to bill 3 out of 4 hours). Here you go: your hourly rate.
The best way to use dates in contracts is to write out the month, preceded by a figure for the day. Use four digits when referring to specific years. Never write a date ing to either of the following structures: ..the 15th day of March 1928 (written out)
While duration is only one factor among many that determines whether a worker is a contractor or an employee, six months is usually recommended as a safe duration and one-year should usually be considered an outside limit, assuming that the other independent contractor criteria are met.
Rules Lowercase a.m. and p.m. and always use periods. Lowercase noon and midnight. Do not use 12 noon or 12 midnight (redundant). Use noon or midnight. Do not use 12 p.m. or 12 a.m. Use noon or midnight. Do not use 8 a.m. in the morning (redundant) Use 8 a.m. Do not use o'clock with a.m. or p.m.
The contract is valid for a period of insert number of months months starting on insert start date and ending on insert end date. An extension of insert number of months months can be made upon request from the PURCHASER and issuance of an amendment to this contract.
Include both the hours and the minutes (not the seconds). When writing times, prefer using a colon over a point between hours and minutes. Do not add hrs or o'clock: h. Use a.m.
Time and Hours Use digits and colons to show clock times. When describing timing of events in sentences, use the words from and to rather than a hyphen. When listing hours of availability, use the word to rather than a hyphen. When describing time durations, do not abbreviate words such as hours and minutes.