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Introduction
You're a freelancer, and you've just been hired for a great project overseas. The client is based in London, but wants to pay you in euros. That's exciting! But it also might make you nervous -- won't this be complicated? How can I get my foreign exchange rates right? Relax! As long as you have a good understanding of currencies and exchange rates, this can be easy to manage and can even save you money.
You're a freelancer, and you've just been hired for a great project overseas.
You're a freelancer, and you've just been hired for a great project overseas. This means you'll be spending time in another country--but it also means that your income will be coming from that country's currency. How do you make sure that your expenses are covered? And how can you make sure that the money coming into your bank account is enough to cover all of them?
The good news is that there are several options available:
- Get paid in advance by the client (if possible). This way, when they pay their invoice at the end of the project and convert their payment into USD or EURO depending on where their headquarters are located, they'll already have some funds deposited with which to cover any additional costs before receiving payment from other sources such as advertising revenue or sales commissions
- Set up an offshore account before starting work
You'll be working for a foreign client who wants to hire you in their currency.
You'll be working for a foreign client who wants to hire you in their currency. This could be because they're not from your country, or simply because they want to pay you in a different currency than what you're used to receiving payment from domestic clients.
You'll still use the same budgeting tools, but now there's an extra step: You have to convert the currencies and make sure that what they pay you is accurate based on today's exchange rate (the value of one currency relative to another). You might also have fees associated with transferring money between countries and currencies, so it's important that these are taken into account when planning out your budgeting strategy!
Additionally, keep track of all earnings in different currencies--you never know when something might come up like an unexpected expense requiring immediate payment or emergency savings fund--and make sure those funds are accessible at any time without having any conversion issues!
You're not just working for one client, either. You've got several clients overseas and they want to pay you in their local currency.
You've got several clients overseas, and they want to pay you in their local currencies.
This is where things get tricky. You have to make sure that your money is safe, secure and will always be available when needed--but it also needs to be kept separate from the rest of your finances so that it doesn't get mixed up with your personal funds or any other money that isn't related specifically to this project or client relationship.
You could set up a new bank account at this point; however, if you do so manually (i.e., without using an online payment system), then each time someone pays into your new account via wire transfer or ACH transfer from another country's bank account (which often takes several days), there will be an opportunity cost associated with waiting until those funds arrive before being able to use them again: namely lost interest rates! And if we're talking about international freelancing work here...well...those lost interest rates can add up quickly over time!
That's exciting! But it also might make you nervous -- won't this be complicated? How can I get my foreign exchange rates right?
You'll need to convert your local currency into the currency of your client, and then back again. For example:
- You live in Canada and you have a freelance client from France who wants you to work on their website.
- Your payment rate is $50/hour (Canadian dollars).
- Your French client will pay by bank transfer or PayPal, which means that they're paying in Euros.
Relax! As long as you have a good understanding of currencies and exchange rates, this can be easy to manage and can even save you money.
Relax! As long as you have a good understanding of currencies and exchange rates, this can be easy to manage and can even save you money.
The first step is to create a budget in your preferred currency so that you know how much money is coming in and going out of the account every month. Once this has been done, it's time for some research on currency exchange rates between the countries involved in your freelancing business (or any other type of business).
If one country's currency is stronger than another's, then it makes sense for those earnings from that country to be converted into their own currency before being deposited into their bank accounts back home. For example: US$50 earned in Australia would convert into $60 AUD if converted directly at an exchange rate of 1:1 because Australia has a higher value per unit than America does (as seen above).
Conclusion
As long as you have a good understanding of currencies and exchange rates, this can be easy to manage and can even save you money.
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