how to tell a client how the fee was set
by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor
question: i performed some additional services for a client and gave her a bill that she questioned and wanted to know how much time i had spent. i billed more than the time charges, but this client never gets time bills – everything i do is on a fixed fee so i never account for my time with her. what should i say now?
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response: if a client is on a strict time basis, they are entitled to a breakdown of the hours and person performing the services.
otherwise, when clients ask me how i arrived at a bill i tell them something similar to this:
