Creative studios
Will this new studio request exceed the client's retainer?
Subtract delivered hours from included hours for the available balance, with a floor of zero. Combine delivered and expected hours to project total monthly overage. Apply the excess rate to all excess hours, including any already delivered. No rollover or minimum billing increment is assumed.
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Worked example
With the example inputs below, the calculator returns these results.
Included time left today 4 h
- Hours included this month
- 20 hours
- Hours already delivered
- 16 hours
- Further hours expected
- 7.5 hours
- Rate for each excess hour
- 85 €/hour
Other results
- Projected excess time
- 3.5 h
- Projected excess charge
- €297.50
Use your own figures
Give the client a projected overage amount before scheduling more work. Open the worksheet, replace the example values, then copy or print the result.
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