A fee for a service --such as the provision of customs operations by the government of the importing country --assessed on imported goods. GATT Article 8 requires user fees to be assessed on the basis of the estimated or computed cost of the service.

a common approach used by urban and rural municipalities in providing water service to residents

a non-refundable fee charged per player per event for each tournament registered on TennisLink

a tax that pays for the provision of a specific service, like water and sewage services

A fee charged to recipients of goods or services provided by the federal government. User fees generally apply to activities that provide special benefits to identifiable recipients, and the amount of the fee is usually related to the cost of the good or service provided. In the federal budget, most user fees are classified as offsetting collections or offsetting receipts; however, some user fees result from the government's sovereign powers and are classified as revenues. See offsetting collections, offsetting receipts, and revenues.

Direct charges for the use of public goods or services, such as admission to a state or national park, or charges at a public hospital. Back to the top

Fee collected from only those persons who use a particular service, as compared to one collected from the public in general.