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CREDIT CARD DISCLAIMER

A payment card surcharge is an additional fee that a merchant adds to a consumer’s bill when he or she uses a card for payment. As a result of a legal settlement to resolve claims brought by a group of U.S. merchants, merchants in the U.S. and U.S. territories may add a surcharge to certain credit card transactions, starting January 27, 2013. Merchants who choose to surcharge must follow consumer disclosure and other requirements agreed to as part of the settlement.

Fees & Charges

The Law Offices of Jeffrey A. Asher, PC, imposes a surcharge of 3.5% on the transaction amount on credit card transactions, which is not greater than the firm’s cost of acceptance. A lawyer may charge a client, as an administrative convenience, a nominally greater amount than the processing fees imposed on the lawyer’s account by a credit card company in connection with the client’s payment by credit card of the lawyer’s advance payment retainer, as long as (i) the client receives disclosure of the up-charge and consents to it before the lawyer imposes it, (ii) the amount of the up-charge is nominal, and (iii) total amount of the advance payment retainer and the processing fees (including the up-charge) are reasonable under the circumstances. NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics, Opinion 1050 (3/25/15). Authorizing a credit card payment signifies your consent to the charge.