How Much of Your Business Is This Product?
Why are we asking this?
If you sell more than one product or service, this helps us work out how much of your general business and home costs belong to this product.
Just estimate. For example, if you think this product will make up about half your sales, enter 50%.
If you sell more than one product or service, tell us roughly what share of your business this product will represent. Just estimate. For example, if you think this product will make up about half your sales, enter 50%.
If this is your only product or service, leave this at 100%.
What Is Your Production Volume?
Why is this important?
Your production volume helps us spread your monthly business costs (like rent or software) accurately across each unit you sell.
Just estimate. You can enter a daily or monthly average. We assume a 5-day work week (22 days a month).
Direct Materials & Ingredients (Per Batch)
What gets "used up" to create each batch?
List any ingredients or materials that are consumed when you produce one batch of your product. For example: flour, fabric, wood, packaging boxes.
Total Material Cost Per Batch: $0.00
Home Costs
Start with a simple estimate.
The same business-use percentage will be applied across each relevant home-cost item in the path you selected.
Examples: storage, office use, baking, or production. You can estimate. If you are unsure, enter 5%.
A Generator coach can help you tidy this up later.
Add the home costs that fit you.
Your chosen business-use percentage will automatically apply to the relevant home costs shown below.
Rent you can claim per month: $0.00
Rent cost per unit: $0.00
Power you can claim per month: $0.00
Power cost per unit: $0.00
Internet you can claim per month: $0.00
Internet cost per unit: $0.00
Phone you can claim per month: $0.00
Phone bill cost per unit: $0.00
Mortgage interest you can claim per month: $0.00
Mortgage interest cost per unit: $0.00
Rates you can claim per month: $0.00
Rates cost per unit: $0.00
Insurance you can claim per month: $0.00
Home insurance cost per unit: $0.00
Home costs you can claim per month: $0.00
Home costs per unit: $0.00
Business Car Use
Use a normal week.
If you use a car for your product business, estimate what a normal week looks like. Include deliveries, supplier runs, market trips, post office or courier drop-offs, and picking up ingredients, packaging, or stock.
If you are unsure, start with a rough estimate now and tidy it up later. Keep records if you need to support a claim.
Vehicle type
IRD kilometre rates use Tier 1 for the first 14,000 km per year and Tier 2 above that.
Estimate your weekly business kms
Think about a normal week. This can include deliveries, supplier runs, market trips, courier drop-offs, or picking up ingredients, packaging, or stock.
Think about a normal week. This can include deliveries, supplier runs, market trips, courier drop-offs, or picking up ingredients, packaging, or stock.
Guided Weekly Business Km: 0.0
Estimated Weekly Business Km: 0.0
Estimated Annual Business Km: 0
IRD Business Vehicle Claim Per Week: $0.00
IRD Business Vehicle Claim Per Year: $0.00
Business Fixed Expenses
What fixed expenses do you have?
Enter recurring or one-off expenses and select how often you pay them. We'll spread the monthly equivalent across each unit you produce, using the business share you gave for this product.
Examples: Workshop rent, insurance, marketing, accounting software, phone bill.
Fixed Expenses Per Unit: $0.00
General Business Tasks / Jobs
What about non-production work?
This is for time spent on general business activities not tied to a single batch. For example, if you spend 8 hours a month on social media marketing, enter that here.
Business Tasks / Jobs Cost Per Unit: $0.00
Set Your Price
TOTAL COST TO PRODUCE ONE UNIT: $0.00
Cost Per Batch: $0.00
This is the final price a single customer pays for one item (e.g., one cupcake).
PROFIT PER UNIT: $0.00
Total Profit For This Batch: $0.00
1 Month Profit: $0.00
6 Month Profit: $0.00
12 Month Profit: $0.00
Your Pricing Summary
All done! Review your numbers below.
You can now download an editable spreadsheet with your numbers and formulas.
Business: N/A
Email: N/A
Product: N/A
Generated: N/A
Cost Breakdown (Per Unit)
Direct Production Work: $0.00
Materials & Ingredients: $0.00
Fixed Expenses (Including Home Costs and Car Use): $0.00
General Business Tasks / Jobs: $0.00
TOTAL COST PER UNIT:
$0.00
Pricing & Profit (Per Unit)
Your Price Per Unit: $0.00
PROFIT PER UNIT:
$0.00
Batch Summary
Units Per Batch: 1
Cost Per Batch: $0.00
TOTAL BATCH PROFIT:
$0.00
Projected Profit
1 Month Profit: $0.00
6 Month Profit: $0.00
12 Month Profit: $0.00
