Compensation for after-hours work
In "Feeling Squeezed by Expenses?" (December 2005), the author discusses categories for expenses. What category does after-hours emergency work fit into, and what is the current pay recommendation for those services?
Q. In "Feeling Squeezed by Expenses?" (December 2005), the author discusses categories for expenses. What category does after-hours emergency work fit into, and what is the current pay recommendation for those services?
Compensation for after-hours emergency work is part of the associate compensation category, says author Denise Tumblin, CPA, co-owner and vice president of Wutchiett Tumblin and Associates in Columbus, Ohio. "Doctors commonly receive the emergency fee charged to the client for after-hours work," she says. "If the doctor's paid a fixed salary, he or she would receive the emergency fee but no additional compensation because the fixed salary should reflect the after-hours responsibility." However, if a doctor's paid on production, the after-hours production, excluding the emergency fee, should be included in the calculation of compensation.
Denise Tumblin
