akm: go to the GuideStar website (http://www.guidestar.org/Home.aspx) and set up a free account. Once you have done that, you can download a copy of NCARB's 2011 Form 990 -- as filed by them with the IRS -- which should provide you with all the information you may require.
Pay attention to the Terms and Conditions -- you are not allowed to post the report here.
quizzical:
Thank you for the link to the 2011 form 990 info...
over $18m revenue from 'members', and over $19m expenses with about 1/2 to employees.
Are they doing anything helpful/efficient, or just another government created regulatory monopoly ?
No idea, but decided not to renew.
Every firm I've worked with over the last 20 years did this.
You didn't answer my question though.
How much do you charge your clients?
You say to 'charge the right fees'. This implies that you know how much to charge. On a related note, how large of a firm do you run? What is your overhead percentage? What is your overhead multiplier?
Jul 23, 24 10:21 am ·
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bennyc
Of course I know how to charge, I run my own business. I dont do multipliers or percentages, I have a minimum hourly rate, with most of my projects fixed fees with limits on hours. Anything beyond, or revisions is $175 per hour min. Different projects generate different fees and different hourly rates. Nice people usually get a lower rate compared to red flag clients or clients that don't value the service, they get my higher rate.
I've been licensed since 1989 and have no use for any of these organizations. And that includes the AIA. These F#ckers have done nothing for the betterment of this profession. I refuse to support any of them.
NCARB Fee increases!!!
damn wont some post that pic for me.
Ncarb you suck!
So, NCARB is a 'non-profit'... do they publish a financial report, operating budget, etc, for all 'members' to read ?
akm: go to the GuideStar website (http://www.guidestar.org/Home.aspx) and set up a free account. Once you have done that, you can download a copy of NCARB's 2011 Form 990 -- as filed by them with the IRS -- which should provide you with all the information you may require.
Pay attention to the Terms and Conditions -- you are not allowed to post the report here.
quizzical:
Thank you for the link to the 2011 form 990 info...
over $18m revenue from 'members', and over $19m expenses with about 1/2 to employees.
Are they doing anything helpful/efficient, or just another government created regulatory monopoly ?
No idea, but decided not to renew.
NCARB is raising their ARE exam fees again- it will be $250 per exam starting August 1st of this year.
When I took my exams ten years ago they were that price.
I'm going to go against the norm here and say, it isnt a big deal
If you are an NCARB record holder, what is an extra $15 a year in the grand scheme of things.
How many NCARB records are you transmitting per year that you are outraged by a $25 increase?
Yes my grocery bill jumped a lot this year because that is something I'm doing every week.
Stop wining about ncarb fees an AIA fees, and charge the right fees to you clients.
How much do you charge to your clients?
My overhead to clients includes my AIA fees, My Ncarb fees, my software, my hardware, and sometimes even my cappuccino .
Nice story.
Every firm I've worked with over the last 20 years did this.
You didn't answer my question though.
How much do you charge your clients?
You say to 'charge the right fees'. This implies that you know how much to charge. On a related note, how large of a firm do you run? What is your overhead percentage? What is your overhead multiplier?
Of course I know how to charge, I run my own business. I dont do multipliers or percentages, I have a minimum hourly rate, with most of my projects fixed fees with limits on hours. Anything beyond, or revisions is $175 per hour min. Different projects generate different fees and different hourly rates. Nice people usually get a lower rate compared to red flag clients or clients that don't value the service, they get my higher rate.
bennyc - are you a single practitioner?
No I am married with kids, and straight.
::rimshot:: Walked into that one! ;) How many people other than yourself work at your firm.
let's not harsh self-love: be a single practitioner! or have one or more partners
I'm not harshing any type of lovin'. :)
I've been licensed since 1989 and have no use for any of these organizations. And that includes the AIA. These F#ckers have done nothing for the betterment of this profession. I refuse to support any of them.
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