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Change orders and extras in Ontario

The extra you did on a nod is the money you lose. These guides cover pricing a change before the work happens, documenting it so the invoice is not a debate six weeks later, and the sequence to run when the general contractor tells you no.

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How to run the businessWhen they say no to an extraYou found the condition, somebody nodded, and now the answer is no with the gear already installed. Raise the extra in writing, get a refusal with a reason attached, and answer that reason with a linked revision instead of starting again.How to run the businessTry it as a working businessAn empty trial account tells you nothing. Pick your trade and land in a business partway through its year: money in play, an invoice fourteen days overdue, change orders on a live job, books that balance.How to run the businessChange orders that get paidThe extra was agreed in a hallway and refused three months later. Raise it in a minute, send it to the client from your own business, and let them approve it where they read it, so the yes has a time stamp on it.How to run the businessGoing independent, pricedWSIB, CPP at both halves, income tax, HST after $30,000, insurance and plates all arrive together. Add up your real monthly overhead, run it through a six-month cash forecast, and get the number that has to go on top of your rate.

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