The phrase "account for fees" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the consideration or inclusion of fees in a financial context or budget.
Example: "When preparing the budget, we need to account for fees associated with the project."
Alternatives: "consider the fees" or "include the fees".
In 2008, a disastrous year for many of Bridgewater's rivals, the firm's flagship Pure Alpha fund rose in value by nine and a half per cent after accounting for fees.
Additional research by Ludovic Phalippou of the University of Amsterdam and Mr. Gottschalg of the HEC School of Management shows that private equity funds underperformed the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index by 3 percent annually from 1980 to 2003, after accounting for fees.
The Kauffman Foundation famously found that very few venture capital funds in their sample produced a return above the public markets after accounting for fees.
I know this has become popular lately with Buffett touting the benefits of passive investing, but I do believe that the vast majority of investment managers will not outperform the market over time after accounting for fees (and especially after accounting for taxes).
If an advisor can successfully provide behavioral coaching to clients, stopping them from both losing their cool and taking drastic, hasty actions in times of market stress, then the outcome can still be a net win for the client after accounting for fees.
If you account for guarantee fees, this means lenders could theoretically offer rates as low as around 4 percent, Mr. Findlay said.
But exactly how pervasive the practice is has long been hidden by the way consumer products companies account for the fees.
In addition to compliance costs, startups also need to account for the fees associated with crowdfunding portals and broker-dealers.
As of Monday, he's over halfway toward his fundraising goal, which he set at $500 to account for GoFundMe fees and potential surprise surcharges.
