美联邦政府拟立新规打击隐藏收费 这些行业是重点
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总统拜登宣布,政府将拟立新规禁止商界向消费者胡乱收费,届时银行、酒店、电信、网上售票等行业均是打击对象。有业界人士表示,此举对消费者帮助有限,只会适得其反,让民众减少选择甚至加重负担。
综合美联社和《华盛顿邮报》报道,拜登11日在白宫宣布,联邦贸易委员会(FTC)将提出规例,禁止商界征收隐藏或误导性费用,即民间俗称的“垃圾收费”(junk
fees)。据统计,这些收费每年令消费者损失数以十亿元开支,为了寻找隐藏收费或比较价格,又额外耗费5000万个小时,成本相当于10亿元。FTC新规将在联邦公报上发布,并允许公众在60天内提出意见。
拜登批评,这些费用对富人来说可能只是九牛一毛,但对普通上班族却是百上加斤,也令诚实商家难以经营。白宫国家经济委员会主任布莱纳德(Lael
Brainard)则说,有研究发现,隐藏收费可令消费者的实际支出比账面价格高出20%。
联邦贸易委员会主席卡恩(Lina
Khan)解释,根据草拟的规例,企业不得收取隐藏和虚假费用,定价以及竞争时必须诚实,违者除需退还多收的费用外,亦会面临当局罚款。卡恩这次尚未公布罚款金额,只表示民众受这些现象困扰多时,以歌手Beyonce和Taylor
Swift等歌星的演唱会为例,网上售票公司竟收取高额行政费用,导致歌迷大为鼓噪。新规定生效后,业界需在定价中列明所有收费,方便消费者比较。此外,消费者金融保护局(CFPB)也配合委员会的建议,同日宣布银行必须向客户,提供查阅账户余额等基本服务的收费,禁止再巧立名目。
一些商界组织对新政策的效果表示怀疑。曾于今年2月与拜登开会,讨论禁止垃圾收费的美国商会发表声明,表示这种“白宫导向的方针”只会令消费者选择减少,经济竞争力也会下降。全国公寓协会(NAA)首席执行官皮尼格(Bob
Pinnegar)则说,规例将增加租住房屋成本,决策官员必须明白,制定额外法规会严重影响住房营运,损害市场供应及消费者负担能力,最终只会令政府原意保护的人受害。
拜登6月时曾邀请线上票务零售商Live
Nation、旅宿服务公司爱彼迎(Airbnb)等多家企业到白宫会面,强调政府决心扭转垃圾收费的歪风。
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