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Fixed Charges

Costs that do not vary with changes in output and would continue even if a firm produced no output at all, such as most management expenses, interests on bonded debt, depreciation, property taxes, and other irreducible overhead.

West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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* A reasonable, pre-arranged fixed charge per matter referred to the lawyer that is not contingent on the outcome of the matter and does not vary based on the amount at issue in the matter.
class="MsoNormalStill, the removal of the fixed charge has reduced the bill for some people.
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(110) In so doing, he stated that "[s]ince the existence of a fixed charge would make it impossible for the company to carry on business in the ordinary way without the consent of the charge holder, it follows that its ability to do so without such consent is inconsistent with the fixed nature of the charge." (111) This viewpoint was clarified and expanded upon by the House of Lords (112) in the Spectrum case:
One of the bedrock principles of rate design is to recover fixed costs through fixed charges (the "customer charge") and variable costs through variable charges (the "energy charge" or "per kWh" charges).
The main driver of the FCRS is to ensure that only those with the appropriate and relevant experience are able to register as fixed charge receivers.
Following its rating action on July 18, 2008, Moody's indicated that a rating downgrade could result if "fixed charge coverage" deteriorated further, and nonperforming assets exceeded 8 percent.
He said a fixed charge will be paid in the Nova network regardless if the transaction is US$1 million.
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