As a general rule of thumb your contractor rate should be at least 50% more than you'd get for the same work as an employee.
License and Renewal Fees NEW LICENSE APPLICATION CLASSIFICATIONAPPLICATION FEETOTAL Specialty Commercial (C) $100 $580 General Residential (B, B-3, B-4, B-5, B-6, B-10) $180 $870 Specialty Residential (R) $80 $7203 more rows
A total Transaction Privilege (Sales) Tax rate of 8.35%, (6.35% State and County, 2.00% Prescott), is imposed on the gross income of any person engaging in Construction Contracting. If tax has been neither separately charged nor separately collected, factoring of tax is allowed in computing taxable income.
Services are generally not taxable in Arizona, with the following exceptions: amusements. personal property rentals. contracting.
Labor used in repairing and maintaining machinery and equipment that are permanently attached to real property would be taxable under the prime contracting classification. personal property and income derived from the sale of nontaxable services.
Living Wage Calculation for Arizona 1 ADULT 0 Children1 Child Living Wage $24.42 $41.97 Poverty Wage $7.52 $10.17 Minimum Wage $14.70 $14.70
60000 to $75000 per year is often considered a comfortable income for a single individual in urban areas of Arizona. For families, this figure can increase to $80000 or more, depending on the number of dependents and lifestyle choices. 3.
Pew defines middle-class families as those making "an income that is two-thirds to double the U.S. median household income." Following that criteria, Arizonans had to make between $48,387 to $145,162 to be considered middle-class in 2022.
Getting a Contractor's License Identify a Qualifying Party. The Applicant must identify a Qualifying Party for the license. Pass Examination(s) ... Statutes and Rules Exam (SRE) ... Trade and Solar Exams. NASCLA. Submit to Background Checks. Form a Legal Entity. Bond.
50% up front is normal especially on smaller projects. On larger projects you should argue against 50% and instead set a calender of stages and payments.