Can someone please explain my childcare fees?

[Fleur]

Ok, so I feel like a bit of a dunce... but I don't get it.

A couple of weeks ago my CCB was 43% and 2 days was costing me $102.42 (so roughly $51/day)

Now my CCB is 71% and three days is costing me $145.08, so roughly $48/day.

But if my CCB is higher shouldn't it be somewhat less per day? I thought there would be more of a difference?

[Kazbah]

That's a bit weird. I think you'll have to call the centre itself to explain ....

[cakester69]

I had the same thing happen and they couldnt explain to me why this happened But as you % is increased much higher then I owuld call them and get them to check it out. I explained to them about the price difference and they said its what the system calculates for them.

[Bathsheba]

Don't feel like a dunce... I could never wrap my head around it either!!!! I don't know why it's calculating that way but I recommend calling CentreLink and hoping that you get a good operator! Once I had a fantastic CL staff member explain the whole thing to me... she was a young girl but she simply had a great way with words and she didn't speak too fast! LOL goodluck!

[Fleur]

Thanks guys... I'm glad it's not just me

I'll talk to them tomorrow, I just thought I might get a heads up in case it was something simple I was missing.

I just can't figure it out... I know the % isn't always applied to the entire fee, it's applied to the scheduled fee... but no way can I work out from the figures on my statement, what is going on.
It might be a long chat tomorrow

[cakester69]

How it works is based on a formula its from memory the number of days x the hourly rate x the number of hours cntr is open x your ccb% that figure is taken away from the full fees charged. Hope this helps