Hi Majee,
I recently paid a pretty good carpenter €35 cash per hour. Thought it was expensive though.
Pudzer
That is a lot, am on the wrong trade. How many hours did he work for? I know that on site chippies take home no more than €550 a week. However your man may have had to pay tax and VAT out of that €35 an hour.
€550 that's only €110 per day
I know labourers who get that
A man couldn't keep his tools up to scratch with such a low wage.
A good drill gun costs €250, chop saw €400.
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i would suggest 15 euros/hour as its a nixer and not his main job..
also i agree with pudzer about agreeing a price upfront for specific work, saves loads of hassel
I think the days of 35 euros plus/hour are gone and about time IMO, we have been held to ransom for too long
You couldn't buy a house on that kind of money.
What the gross pay would be do you know?
I built a house last year before the major downturn and good chippies were getting € 150 - 170 per day cash in hand
that is about € 20 per hour and is reasonable money when it is cash = € 800 take home for a 40 hour week
Are these the same people who are now unemployed and presenting themselves at dole offices around the country, and wondering why they are not eligible to draw unemployment benefit?.
Would the average tradesman build the risk of paying interest and penalties to Revenue when they get round to catching up with them into their cost-benefit analysis?If most carpenters get about €520 per week after tax being legit.
Whereas if they dodge tax they can make up to and exceeding €800 per week ie €280 extra.
Unemployment benefit is less than €200 per week.
So its not rocket science to figure out its worth while financially to be a tax dodger.
If most carpenters get about €520 per week after tax being legit.
Whereas if they dodge tax they can make up to and exceeding €800 per week ie €280 extra.
Unemployment benefit is less than €200 per week.
So its not rocket science to figure out its worth while financially to be a tax dodger.