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Freelance hourly rate – target gross salary in a limited company

Calculate the hourly rate a Swedish limited company needs to invoice to fund your target gross salary, pension and overhead.

Freelance hourly rate – target gross salary in a limited company

Fund twelve monthly salaries, payroll contributions, pension premiums including 24.26% special payroll tax, and annual overhead excluding recoverable VAT. Required revenue is cost divided by one minus the revenue margin, then divided by annual billable hours. Enter hours after holidays, sickness, sales and administration.

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Only a limited company paying a gross salary. This is not a sole-trader, dividend, umbrella-company or take-home-pay model. Adjust payroll rates for your age and relief eligibility. Margin is before corporation tax. VAT is not revenue. Holiday-pay supplements must fit within salary or overhead budgets.

Hourly rate excluding VAT
SEK 655

Only a limited company paying a gross salary. This is not a sole-trader, dividend, umbrella-company or take-home-pay model. Adjust payroll rates for your age and relief eligibility. Margin is before corporation tax. VAT is not revenue. Holiday-pay supplements must fit within salary or overhead budgets.

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Hourly rate including VAT
SEK 819
Average monthly invoicing, excluding VAT
SEK 65,524

Annual revenue requirement divided by twelve; actual monthly invoices can vary.

Required annual revenue excluding VAT
SEK 786,285
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Annual cost budget
SEK 707,656
Annual salary including payroll contributions
SEK 630,816
Annual pension including special payroll tax
SEK 26,840
Hourly rate with 20% fewer billable hours
SEK 819
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  • Method

    Fund twelve monthly salaries, payroll contributions, pension premiums including 24.26% special payroll tax, and annual overhead excluding recoverable VAT. Required revenue is cost divided by one minus the revenue margin, then divided by annual billable hours. Enter hours after holidays, sickness, sales and administration.

  • Worked example

    A SEK 40,000 gross salary, 31.42% employer contribution, 5% pension and SEK 50,000 overhead cost SEK 710,638.40 a year. With a 10% margin and 1,000 billable hours, the rate is about SEK 790/hour excluding VAT. 20% fewer hours require a 25% higher rate.

  • Limitations

    Only a limited company paying a gross salary. This is not a sole-trader, dividend, umbrella-company or take-home-pay model. Adjust payroll rates for your age and relief eligibility. Margin is before corporation tax. VAT is not revenue. Holiday-pay supplements must fit within salary or overhead budgets.

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Freelance hourly rate – target gross salary in a limited company

Calculate the hourly rate a Swedish limited company needs to invoice to fund your target gross salary, pension and overhead.

Method

Fund twelve monthly salaries, payroll contributions, pension premiums including 24.26% special payroll tax, and annual overhead excluding recoverable VAT. Required revenue is cost divided by one minus the revenue margin, then divided by annual billable hours. Enter hours after holidays, sickness, sales and administration.

Worked example

A SEK 40,000 gross salary, 31.42% employer contribution, 5% pension and SEK 50,000 overhead cost SEK 710,638.40 a year. With a 10% margin and 1,000 billable hours, the rate is about SEK 790/hour excluding VAT. 20% fewer hours require a 25% higher rate.

Limitations

Only a limited company paying a gross salary. This is not a sole-trader, dividend, umbrella-company or take-home-pay model. Adjust payroll rates for your age and relief eligibility. Margin is before corporation tax. VAT is not revenue. Holiday-pay supplements must fit within salary or overhead budgets.

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Annual revenue requirement divided by twelve; actual monthly invoices can vary.

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Method

Fund twelve monthly salaries, payroll contributions, pension premiums including 24.26% special payroll tax, and annual overhead excluding recoverable VAT. Required revenue is cost divided by one minus the revenue margin, then divided by annual billable hours. Enter hours after holidays, sickness, sales and administration.

Worked example

A SEK 40,000 gross salary, 31.42% employer contribution, 5% pension and SEK 50,000 overhead cost SEK 710,638.40 a year. With a 10% margin and 1,000 billable hours, the rate is about SEK 790/hour excluding VAT. 20% fewer hours require a 25% higher rate.

Limitations

Only a limited company paying a gross salary. This is not a sole-trader, dividend, umbrella-company or take-home-pay model. Adjust payroll rates for your age and relief eligibility. Margin is before corporation tax. VAT is not revenue. Holiday-pay supplements must fit within salary or overhead budgets.

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