Calculating % profit?

mcb

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Hi

How does one calculate percentage profit. I am having a complete brain freeze.

The Sole Trader is an architect. So for example expenditure is €1200 and the income was €5000. So the profit is €3800. So to calculate % profit, is it €3800 / €5000 x 100???
 
Yes, but it's a meaningless figure in the context of an architect or professional services firm generally.

Brendan
 
Ideally to get a meaningful figure, say to compare with larger companies in the same business, you would need to include in the expenditure figure a realistic salary for the sole trader.
 
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