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Figuring Out Your Billing Rate as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

Use these sites even if you just left your corporate job because it’s possible your cost-of-living increases didn’t keep up with the market price for your expertise. Local market conditions: Professionals in New York and San Francisco get paid more than those in Cincinnati or Boise—by some estimates, up to 25 percent more.

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An Insight into Special Services: Transfer Pricing

Tom Spencer

Transfer pricing comes into the picture when the forces of market competition are wiped out. For multinational corporations operating in multiple jurisdictions and tax regimes, however, transfer pricing offers an opportunity for tax-optimisation. A showcase example are royalties paid for patents and other intellectual property.

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Breaking Down Case Interview Frameworks – M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions)

Management Consulted

Check out our breakdowns on Profitability , Market Sizing , and Market Study to become a complete expert on any kind of framework you’ll need in your case interview. They often plan to operate it for a period of time; many choose to integrate the target with their current operations. Missed out on Parts 1-3?

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The Global Tax Agreement – A Friend or Foe for the Big 4?

Tom Spencer

For example, when a shell company located in a low tax jurisdiction has no business operations other than being the formal owner of valuable intellectual property, and collecting royalty fees for it. For example, an auto manufacturer may decide to locate in Hungary because of its 9% corporate tax rate.

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Finding Success at the Negotiating Table as an Independent Consultant

Comatch

You will get an inside look into their daily operations and potentially even valuable IP (intellectual property). For example, what industry are they in? What’s their unique position in the market? What scale do they operate at? Who is their target market? What scale do they operate at?

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Proposals, Part 2: The Potential Solutions

The Consultants Peer Group

The consultant, subsequently, spent hours of (unpaid) time writing the proposal, which they emailed, and, in the process of creating ‘credibility’ gave away their time and their intellectual property with no expectation of reciprocity, i.e., paying consulting engagement, from the possible client. your skills and knowledge.

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Overseas Business Expansion: The Promise and the Pitfalls

Tom Spencer

For most business owners, the dream is to one day expand beyond the original market. Before attempting to begin an overseas expansion, it might be wise to outline clear and realistic expectations about the new markets in question. This is a guest post from Archie Ward.