Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC...
by unilynx on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @06:33AM
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Both of these things are rates set by the government. If they weren't charging VAT on the fees, they would just recalculate the base fees accordingly
Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC...
by vladvasiliu on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @07:25AM
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Sure, but in the case of electricity, it's no different from the other poster's “just because we can fee” and “fee for processing your fee”. All these are added on top of the advertised "contract fee" and actual electricity price.
They don't advertise prices such that you can take the advertised fixed fee, add your consumption times the advertised kWh price, and have your final amount due. No, they add a "tax on energy consumption", a "contribution to the public electricity service", and a "contribution to electricity delivery". And, on all of these, they levy the VAT.
> they would just recalculate the base fees accordingly
And I think this willingly done, to give the impression that taxes are lower than they really are. Which makes the whole thing seem dishonest.
In France, if you look at your EDF (national electricity company) invoice, you'll see that you pay VAT (a tax) on top of other taxes.
They also levy VAT on the "Greffier"'s fees. That's a clerk at the "commerce tribunal", which is basically a part of the state administration with which you interact whenever you need any administrative changes for a company. Say, you need to declare a change of address.