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'''Sliding scale fees''' are variable [[price]]s for products, services, or taxes based on a customer's ability to pay. Such fees are thereby reduced for those who have lower incomes, or alternatively, less money to spare after their personal expenses, regardless of income.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=C |title=The Economics of Sliding Scale Pricing |url=https://smallbusiness.chron.com/economics-sliding-scale-pricing-39273.html |website=smallbusiness.chron.com |publisher=Small Business - Chron.com |access-date=2 July 2021}}</ref> Sliding scale fees are a form of [[price discrimination]] or differential pricing. | '''Sliding scale fees''' are variable [[price]]s for products, services, or taxes based on a customer's ability to pay. Such fees are thereby reduced for those who have lower incomes, or alternatively, less money to spare after their personal expenses, regardless of income.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=C |title=The Economics of Sliding Scale Pricing |url=https://smallbusiness.chron.com/economics-sliding-scale-pricing-39273.html |website=smallbusiness.chron.com |publisher=Small Business - Chron.com |access-date=2 July 2021}}</ref> Sliding scale fees are a form of [[price discrimination]] or differential pricing. | ||
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A business or organization may have various motivations for pricing a product or service on a sliding scale. These may include the desire to be charitable to those less able to afford the product or service, their ability to get a tax deduction for offering their services as charity, their ability to benefit from the revenue even from a partial payment, their retention of a longtime customer/client, or referrals that such a customer/client may provide.
For example, healthcare providers sometimes offer a sliding scale of fees to patients.[2] Some child-adoption agencies collect legal fees (normally very expensive) on a sliding scale, so that couples across a wider range of incomes are able to adopt children.[3] Sliding-scale fees are also often charged by lawyers, places of worship, and for tuition at educational institutions.[4]
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