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Break Even Calculator

Harvest simplifies time tracking and invoicing but lacks a break-even calculator. Use Harvest to streamline operations while understanding financial thresholds.

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What should you charge per hour?

Most freelancers and consultants dramatically undercharge. This calculator accounts for what most people miss: non-billable time, taxes, and overhead.

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Accounting for vacation, holidays, sick days
60%
Most freelancers can bill 50-70% of their time. The rest goes to admin, marketing, proposals, and learning.
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Software, insurance, equipment, accounting, taxes beyond income tax, etc.
Your break-even rate $0
Recommended rate (+20% buffer) $0
Billable hours per week 0h
Equivalent daily rate $0

Start tracking your billable hours

How this hourly rate calculator works

It works back from the income you need to the rate you must bill, accounting for the hours you can't bill.

  • Billable hours/year = working weeks × hours per week × billable %.
  • Break-even rate = (target income + business expenses) ÷ billable hours.
  • Recommended rate = break-even plus a 20% buffer for taxes, slow periods, and profit.

Raising your billable percentage or trimming expenses lowers the rate you need.

Explore Harvest's Break-Even Insights

This section showcases Harvest's guide to calculating break-even points, aiding in pricing and cost management strategies.

Break-even calculator interface showing cost analysis and thresholds.

Break Even Calculator FAQs

  • The break-even point (BEP) is where a company's total sales equal its total expenses, resulting in zero profit or loss. It's crucial for financial planning and setting sales targets.

  • Calculate the break-even point in units using the formula: Fixed Costs / (Sales Price per Unit - Variable Cost per Unit). This indicates how many units you need to sell to cover all costs.

  • Fixed costs remain constant regardless of production volume, like rent. Variable costs fluctuate with sales levels, such as raw materials. Both are crucial for break-even analysis.

  • Break-even analysis helps businesses assess financial health, set realistic sales targets, manage costs, and make informed pricing decisions, enhancing overall strategic planning.

  • By understanding the break-even point, businesses can adjust pricing to cover costs and achieve desired profit margins while considering market demand and competition.

  • Managers use break-even analysis to evaluate new products, set revenue targets, and control costs, ensuring financial stability and strategic alignment with business goals.

  • While Harvest excels at time tracking and invoicing, it does not provide a direct break-even calculator. However, it streamlines operations, allowing more focus on strategic financial planning.

  • Businesses can lower the break-even point by reducing fixed costs, cutting variable costs, or increasing the contribution margin through pricing adjustments or efficiency improvements.