Business Tools & CalculatorsFree

The numbers you actually have to work out to run the place

Not a mortgage calculator with a business coat on. These are the sums that come up running a real business here: what to charge, what a staff member truly costs, how much you have to sell before you have paid the rent, and what the GST on it all is.

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Free on every plan, including the free account. Prices in AUD.

How it works

  1. 1

    Pick the sum you need

    They are grouped by the question rather than the formula — GST and tax, profit and margins, wages and staff, pricing and sales, hospitality, and finance.

  2. 2

    Put your own numbers in

    Every field is yours to fill. Nothing is guessed on your behalf and no result depends on an assumption we made and did not show you.

  3. 3

    Read the answer, and the working

    The result updates as you type, so you can push a number up and down and watch what it does to the answer instead of running the sum three times.

What you get

  • GST / BAS, and GST added or backed out of a price
  • Margin and markup — the two that get mixed up and cost money
  • Break-even, including break-even on the rent alone
  • True employee cost, contractor versus employee, and hourly rate to charge
  • Hospitality: food cost percentage, menu pricing, stock shrinkage
  • Card surcharge, discounts, late-payment fees and cash flow

Who it’s for

  • Owners setting a price and wanting to know what is left after costs
  • Anyone deciding between hiring a staff member and paying a contractor
  • Cafes, restaurants and bars working out food cost and menu prices

Questions

Do the calculators cost anything?
No — free on every plan, including the free account. You need an account so your work saves, and that is all.
Are they set up for Australia?
Yes. The GST and BAS sums use the Australian rate and the amounts are in Australian dollars, which is the part most overseas calculators get wrong for a business here.
What is the difference between margin and markup?
Markup is added onto what a thing cost you; margin is what is left as a share of what you sold it for. Treating them as the same number is one of the more expensive mistakes in pricing, so there is a calculator for each.

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