heater31 wrote:Johno6 wrote:that is true!!
the amount of times in the last year I have opened a gas/water/electricity bill and thought **** me are there a bunch of ppl squatting in here while we are at work
My strata group did some investigating as the group is responsible for the water usage bill. Think the manager took an average over several years to find that the usage was very similar but it was the ******* price of the ol' 2 hydrogen atoms with an oxygen that had gone through the roof
In my last bill, in round figures the water usage was $50, the "Supply Charge" was $73, and the Sewerage "Access Charge" was $242.
The latter is basically a Land Tax by stealth, based on property value which is why it is so disproportionate.*
*An ALP former state Minister I know admitted it was being used as a back door way of taxing the primary residence which is exempt from formal Land Tax.
He, of course, thought it was perfectly OK to do that.
Your strata group may also find the tax by stealth component is a major factor in your bills...