Court Reporters who use scopists make more money.
Sally and Susie are
both court reporters. Sally chooses to scope
her own work while Susie uses a scopist on a
regular basis. Let's see what the difference is regarding their net
income.
Sally -
On Monday, Sally took a job that
was 250 pages and needed to be to her client, Mr. Jones, by Friday.
Mr. Jones asked her to take another job on Tuesday but Sally had to
decline because she needed to use Tuesday to scope Monday's job.
Here is the breakdown of her income for those two days.
Monday
- 250 pages/$3.50/pg $875.00 Tuesday
-
No scopist -
cost
0.00 no income - spent day scoping
Net income -
Monday
$875.00
Sally - Two day net income - $875.00
Susie - On Monday, Susie took a job that was 250
pages and needed to be to her client, Mr. Smith, by Friday. So
Susie cleaned up the job and sent it to her scopist for scoping.
When Mr. Smith asked her to take another job on Tuesday, Susie
immediately said yes, knowing Monday's job would be ready in time
for delivery on Friday. Here is a breakdown of her income for
those two days.
Monday - 250 pages/$3.50/pg
$875.00 Tuesday - 275 pages/$3.50/pg
$962.50
Scopist - cost $1.30/page
325.00**
Scopist - cost $1.30/page
357.50**
Net income -
Monday
550.00
Net Income - Tuesday
605.00
Susie - Monday
$ 550.00
Tuesday
605.00
Susie - Two day net income
$1,155.00
**cost of scopist 100% tax deductible