<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>Mark,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I never charge for mileage, but I never do individual jobs at distant locales.  I always cluster jobs together to make it worthwhile.  I= f I was in a situation such as yours, I'd definitely charge mileage, as you've s= pent 3 tuning's worth of time to do one job.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I write the mileage down on each invoice, and total it up when I figure my income on a spreadsheet at the end of each month.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'd rather tune than drive, in most cases,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 10/26/2005 9:14:26 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, mps@usol.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Scenario:<BR>You are a beginning technician (~2 yrs)<BR>You are c= alled to do a service call on a piano that is in a church that is <BR>approximat= ely 80 miles away.<BR>Do you;<BR>A) Charge for mileage for the one way distanc= e (82 miles)?<BR>B) Charge for mileage for the round trip distance (164 miles)?<BR>C) Don't charge for mileage at all?<BR><BR>I realize that a chu= rch may or may not fall into the category of doing <BR>work at a discount rate.<BR><BR>Also, how do you record the mileage for the ordinary tuning/repair <BR>trips you make throughout the year? (for tax purposes)<B= R>Do you include round trip mileage or just one way? <BR><BR>Thank you<BR><BR>M= ark Montbriand<BR><BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>