What will happen if you do not transmit meter readings

We do not always treat attentively enough the principles of operation of various utility bills, proceeding from the desire to pay quickly and forget about it for the next month. But then you can be quite surprised in the case when water bills will come at the rate of the average standard, that is, the standard per person. And you already have a water meter.

Is it legal or not?

Before scattering angry comments to the housing and utilities services, you need to understand the reason why the invoicing method could change.

Housing and Public Utilities has the right to charge payments according to the average standard when:

You live on a living space and do not send a monthly report with your readings.
You are temporarily not living in your apartment, do not use water and, accordingly, do not send a monthly report with the readings of your water meter.
You did not draw up a certificate of registration of the meter, which is why by law it is impossible to take into account his testimony.

Housing and communal services do not care how good or bad your dwelling is, how long you live there or do not live, how long you will be absent, whether you have recently used water in accordance with paragraph 59 of the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation, if within a month housing and communal services do not receive notification with the number of used cubes, then have the full right to accrue the amount, calculating it according to the average standard. It will also be taken into account how many people are registered on this living space.

How to proceed?

When you have already lost time and now payment is indicated in your receipts, based on the average standard, this problem must be solved as soon as possible. Next, we will tell you how to return the usual calculation according to your testimony.

If your meter is not registered, then urgently go to your housing cooperative or management company, and write an application for registration of this metering device. It is also called “about meter sealing.” After the application is reviewed, a specialist will come to you, prepare the necessary documents and their copies, after which they will be transferred to the organization. The amount will be charged in accordance with the testimony of the counter from the date when the act was drawn up. In some of the Criminal Code, you will do it completely free of charge, but somewhere you will have to pay a little, because the service of the master is included in the price list.
When you simply forgot to send data from the water meter, you need to contact the HBC and do a recalculation, explaining the situation. Perhaps you were distracted by some important things, or you were simply absent from the city at the right moment. It is enough to make a recalculation and you will again pay the amount, based on the counter.

That is, nothing difficult you will not have to do. You may have to sit in the queue, but then you will pay the usual payment, and not with an overestimated coefficient.

How to avoid?

Agree, than to solve a problem, it is much easier to make it so that this problem does not exist at all. Therefore, we further offer to your attention two ways to prevent litigation with housing and utilities for your accounts.

When placing a water meter in an apartment, make sure to seal it. , pick the one that sets the quality of the devices so as not to change them often. If you made a move, check whether the counter already installed there is registered. Not? Repeat the first paragraph from “What to do” and the questions will disappear.
When you know that you will be out of your apartment for some time, ask family or friends to take readings from the meter and send them to the appropriate organization. If this is not possible, go to your management company and write a statement, or consult with the staff of the organization about this issue.

These two councils are completely universal, since in other situations, utilities have no right to charge the amount payable by the average. If this happens, you will need to apply for recalculation. In any case, always try to closely monitor all payments and receipts, because even in a serious structure a mistake or typographical error may occur and you will be recorded completely the wrong amount.

What to do?

What will happen if you do not transmit meter readings?

The apartment has electricity and water meters. It so happened that the meter data was not transferred: they did the repairs for a long time, or it was unclear how to transfer the readings in the personal account. We pay the bill for the apartment in full, in the "Water" and "Electricity" columns there are always some charges.

Charges for electricity and water in the accounts taken any average or regulatory? If we start transferring data, should the management company recount? Are there any penalties if we don’t transfer electricity and water readings?

Mikhail, if you did not transfer meter readings to the management company, water and electricity will first be calculated for you according to monthly average readings, and then according to the standard. Most likely, as long as you did not pass the testimony, you overpaid.

Andrei Rublev

financial advisor to Tinkoff Bank

Average monthly readings will be taken from your past receipts.. In this case, take the amount of water consumption and electricity for six months and find the average value. That is the amount you will be indicated in the receipt for three months. Tariffs will be normal, as if would you pass indications.

Regulations set in the regions. If even after three months you do not transmit the readings, the volume of water and electricity will start to be counted with a multiplying factor of 1.5. This is not fine, but a little pleasant. And so it will be as long as you do not pass the testimony or check with the management company.

How to count

Even if for some time you were charged utility bills according to average monthly readings or standards, this does not mean that they will continue to be considered from these readings. You will still pay for the amount of resources that are actually consumed.

The management company itself can take readings from your meters and clarify the charges. Or they will do it when you transmit real data. Then they will calculate the difference and in the next receipt they will correct the payments upwards or downwards.

Usually it is more profitable to pay by the meter

If you have already completed the repair and figured out the charges, transfer the meter readings and check with the management company. When the next receipt arrives, check whether everything is calculated correctly for you.

If you have a question about personal finances, expensive purchases or a family budget, write: [email protected] . We will answer the most interesting questions in the journal.

What to do?

I am in Bali, and customers in Russia. How to sign a contract?

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Kristina Frolova

In paragraph 18.1 of Art. 217 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, it is established that income in the form of money received from individuals as a gift, is not taxed. That is, when donating personal income tax you do not need to pay either you or your wife.

By law, a gift agreement between individuals can be made both in writing and orally. It is not necessary to notarize or register such a contract. The mother-in-law can simply transfer money to you - it is legal.

Still, to avoid any risks in the future, we recommend that you do this.

Sign a written agreement

When donating a large amount, it makes sense to execute the contract in writing. Better yet, assure him of a notary. It is expensive, but in this case it will be impossible to challenge the gift.

The notary will confirm the authenticity of the signatures of the parties and verify the legal literacy agreement. At the notary in the archive will be a copy of the gift, so you can always get a copy of it.

Examples of the contract of donation can be easily found on the Internet. The main thing is to specify in the contract the details of the parties, the exact amount, as well as the method of its transfer - for example, on a receipt signed by both parties.

Both the donor and the donee must have a copy of the agreement with the signatures of the parties.

Identify both yourself and your spouse as a donee.

If only your wife receives money as a gift, they will not be considered jointly acquired property. Therefore, if you want to equalize your rights, specify in the contract of two donee.

Get the consent of the test

By law, the consent of the donor's spouse to draw up a donation contract is not required. But if your father-in-law can stand against donation, you need to get his consent in advance and notarize him.

Make sure receipt of money receipt

The receipt must specify the details of the parties, the amount received, the date and method of transfer and receipt of money (in cash or in a bank account).

It is better not to lose the receipt and the contract for at least three years. After this, it will be almost impossible to challenge the donation in court.

Why so reinsured

Formally, you are not obliged to mess with all these papers, but I still advise you to take care of them. It is clear that family members trust each other and are unlikely to tinker. It may seem that all these papers will not give you anything.

But I, as a lawyer, are faced with a lot of cases where problems start because of money within the family. And especially tough problems - when families fall apart and begin to divide property. And then each piece of paper plays a role. Today, the family lives in perfect harmony, and tomorrow the wife changes the locks in the apartment and evicts the ex-husband to the street by court decision. The papers will help protect the interests of both spouses.

The five most common mistakes in the transmission of ICS

25.02.2016

How to transfer readings of a water meter

Specialists of the city system of calculations and charges for housing and communal services remind that it is necessary to transmit the readings of individual water meters (ICS) not only regularly, but also correctly.

Here are some of the major mistakes that consumers make when transmitting testimonies of the ICS.

1. Transfer the volume of water consumed. Whereas it is necessary to transfer testimony, i.e. values \u200b\u200bthat are recorded by the metering device. It is not necessary to calculate the volume of consumed resource independently - the software itself will make the calculation.

2. Pass the testimony of the IAS not completely, but only those numerical values \u200b\u200bthat have changed from the previous month. As a rule, the water metering scale consists of two colors - black and red. Black indicates water consumption in cubic meters, red indicates consumption in liters. The meter readings in black cubic meters should be transmitted in full, indicate the value of the scale responsible for the consumption of liters (red) - optional.

3. Confuse the columns for entering readings of hot and cold water. Or simply mistaken in the transfer of evidence.

If this happens, it is necessary to come to the Center for Public Services / State Code of Information System of the district and pass the correct testimony of the Institute. For those who transmit testimony of the ISP through the Portal of public services, the possibility of changing the testimony remains for a month.

4. Do not transmit testimony at all or transmit them after the deadline for admission.

Indications PPI should be transmitted monthly, from the 15th to the 3rd day of each month. Indications IPU each individual apartment affect the calculations and charges for water throughout the house. This is a complex and time-consuming process. The testimonies of the PPI, transmitted after the time “H”, will be physically impossible to process on time, and the consumer will receive the payment document with monthly average readings.

If a consumer is accustomed to transfer the testimony of the IEP through the Portal of public services www.pgu.mos.ru and 2 times missed the transfer of testimony, he needs to come to the Center for Public Services / CCU of the District Information System and personally transfer the testimony.

5. The consumer skips the timing of the calibration of the metering device, but continues to transmit the testimony of the meter.

The readings of the metering device, which did not pass the calibration on time, cannot be used for calculations and accruals. The water charge in the first three months is charged based on the average calculated indicator, and after three months - according to the standard (cold-water supply is 6, 935 cubic meters per person per month, DHW - 4, 745 cubic meters per person per month, water disposal - 11, 68 cubic meters per person per month).

The periods in which the ISP should be verified are set by the manufacturer and are indicated in the technical documentation for the device.

To carry out the verification, the consumer must contact the specialized organization. The act of verification must be submitted to the managing organization.