Pricing Dilemma - Page 2  

The best way to set your price is to add up your costs (including ingredients, labor, and allocated overhead) then add an additional markup to bring your price in line with market prices. Since your family is already running a food business from your home they should be able to help you with the details, including market research and a business plan, as well as putting together the required labels for the products you sell.

I dont mean to hijack OPs thread, but I just wanted to get some clarification on this, because I see this a lot on this site.  If someone gives you materials and says "please make me a cake", is that really considered compensation?  No money is changing hands, and it isn't even a form of barter.  To me, I dont see it as being any different than going to a friend's house and raiding their kitchen to make them a cake.  The only difference is that I am now using their materials in my own home.  

Technically yes, but in reality since there is no paper trail the risk of getting caught is virtually nonexistent, especially if you aren't acting as a business (no advertising, no business cards, no business web site, no invoices) and offer this service only to friends and family. If I had any baking skills I wouldn't hesitate to do this for friends and family without a license.
Some states have personal chef exemptions, where you are allowed to charge whatever you want and do not require an inspection as long as you make the food product from start to finish at the customer's site.

technically and legalistically i guess yes it is some kind of 'payment'

 

but i srsly doubt that anyone in authority would give it the time of day or a fraction thereof

 

if done on a random basis --say two or three times a year or something even up to once a month sometimes

 

for close friends & family (not friends of friends)

 

if someone wanted to bust you for the suspected marijuana farm in your house and needed cause--maybe

 

but just to set you straight and mess with you--who would do that

 

if there are complaints--sure you're toast

 

but that would be a cease and desist order/letter--maybe a fine

 

done

 

if your mom pays you for cutting her hair do you declare that on your taxes?

I hope you don't think I'm ganging up on you. I was just trying to get more information. It's great you have a license. I would follow Jason's advice about adding up all your costs and including a markup. 

There have now been a few threads dealing with this type of thing (spelling, grammar etc).  I changed the title so this thread will populate in a Google search and that was my only intent.

 

Many of you ganging up in this thread have had warnings sent in the past 24 hours for the same thing but different thread.  This is your final warning:  I have my finger in the "ban" button and will not hesitate to use it.  And BTW, this new system has IP tracking so you will NOT be able to just re-join like you used to.

 

Knock it off.