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Economical data for:-
Co-operative of car owners
Council
Operating a car
is a profitable business:
Takings from tickets
$54k
per year *)
3,650hrs @$15 per hr
(average of 2.8 passengers per departure, or 22 passengers per h; each paying $.7)
*)
guaranteed by Council
Total revenue
$228k
per year
being ticket sales, plus:-
$10k
takings from inside advertisement
$91k revenue from add-on sales
$73k
payment from Op Co-op
Price of car
$590k
Operating expenses
$107k
per year
included are :
$47k interest payable (being $590k@8%)
$2k electricity
$3k insurance
$33k cost of alternative driver
$18k maintenance of car
$5k sundry
Profit
before depreciation, tax
$121k
per year
to compensate for:-
operator's own work (assumed 2,000hs)
repayment of car loan
reward for investment risk