{"id":1042,"date":"2018-12-08T20:49:57","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T19:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.die-anwaelte.at\/?post_type=ufaq&#038;p=1042"},"modified":"2018-12-08T20:49:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T19:49:57","slug":"when-are-hourly-rates-and-when-are-flat-rates-charged","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/www.die-anwaelte.at\/en\/question\/when-are-hourly-rates-and-when-are-flat-rates-charged\/","title":{"rendered":"When are hourly rates and when are flat rates charged?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol { background-color: #d0dadd !important; }.ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol { color: #899a9f !important; }.ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol { border-width: 1 !important; }.ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol { border-color: #05151a !important; }.ewd-ufaq-faq-title .ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol span { font-size: 20px !important; }div.ewd-ufaq-faq-title h4 { font-size: 16px !important; }<\/style><div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-list ewd-ufaq-page-type-load_more ewd-ufaq-category-tabs-\" id='ewd-ufaq-faq-list'>\n\n\t<input type='hidden' name='show_on_load' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-show-on-load' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='include_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-include-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='exclude_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-exclude-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='orderby' value='title' id='ewd-ufaq-orderby' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='order' value='asc' id='ewd-ufaq-order' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='post_count' value='-1' id='ewd-ufaq-post-count' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='current_url' value='\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/1042' id='ewd-ufaq-current-url' \/>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faqs'>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-div ewd-ufaq-faq-column-count-one ewd-ufaq-faq-responsive-columns- ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-one ewd-ufaq-can-be-toggled\" id='ewd-ufaq-post-1042-rxZ2JjIufe' data-post_id='1042'>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title ewd-ufaq-faq-toggle'>\n\t\n\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='#' role=\"button\">\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol ewd-ufaq-square'>\n\t\t\t<span >A<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title-text'>\n\n\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\tWhen are hourly rates and when are flat rates charged?\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-clear'><\/div>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-body' >\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin ewd-ufaq-faq-post'>\n\t<p>It is basically every lawyer\u00b4s free decision whether he \/she charges his lawyer services as a flat rate or on an hourly basis, or according to single services, resp. according to the Lawyer\u00b4s Fee Act (RATG). Also a success fee is possible.<\/p>\n<p>A flat rate is purposeful if the scope of the expected can be estimated. Your advantage here is that the costs are known right from the start.<\/p>\n<p>If, however, the expected effort is not predictable, very often an hourly rate or the payment based on single services is agreed upon. Especially with very high values in litigation, an hourly billing can be a good alternative to the tariff.<\/p>\n<p>If no other fee agreement was made, the billing is carried out according to the Lawyer\u00b4s Fee Act (RATG), the general fee criteria of the Austrian Chamber of Lawyers (AHK) and the Notary\u00b4s Fee Act. The amount of the lawyer\u00b4s fee depends on the value in litigation, the type of service and the number of involved people.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-custom-fields'>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A When are hourly rates and when are flat rates charged? It is basically every lawyer\u00b4s free decision whether he \/she charges his lawyer services as a flat rate or on an hourly basis, or according to single services, resp. according to the Lawyer\u00b4s Fee Act (RATG). Also a success fee is possible. 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