From June in Moscow will be introduced at the commission payment of utility bills

All of Moscow banks, including Sberbank, on June 1 this year will begin to charge a fee for payment of utility bills . On today's press-service of SU "engineering office in Moscow." "Those who are in arrears for utility services, it is better to repay it until June 1 - so do not have to pay commission in excess of the amount owed. It is also possible - until June 1 - to pay for the summer months in advance ENP "- added in the press-service. Earlier in the capital until 2010, expenditures for payment of commission for receiving utility payments in advance of citizens included in the cost of services for HCS. Bank commission, in fact, paid the company that provided housing and utilities. decentralized collection of payments for HCS requires additional resources, time, etc. An I do need a special technique, in particular, cash registers and systems of collection of funds. This above all, economically disadvantageous to taxpayers themselves as paying for all this had all the same to them. In order to bring the legal acts of the city of Moscow in accordance with federal law, the decision of the Moscow Government dated 10.12.2008, № 1112-PP was found that the formation of prices and tariffs for housing services for the population in 2010 and subsequent years, they should not be considered costs of the services of banks and other payment systems to accept payments for utility services from the public (fee). Then followed the decision of the Moscow division of the Savings Bank to take in payment of utility bills through the operating-cash employee commission of 3%. These plans provoked outcry from the public. As a result, the bank initially postponed the introduction of the commission, and then announced, and reducing its size - up to 2%. According to the Moscow city government, the growth rates for housing and communal services in Moscow in 2010 averaged 24.1%, while the city continues to subsidize some of the categories of Muscovites.