Additional costs are paid back at Hartz IV
When you purchase Hartz IV, you will also receive the additional costs for heating and basic taxes paid. The costs for hot water and electricity, on the other hand, are not paid separately, but you have to pay them from the standard rate. If there is an additional cost payment due to higher consumption or a price increase, then not all consumers are able to pay these additional costs. In some cases you will then have the opportunity to have the costs paid by the job center.
You can get back an additional payment for heating costs
An additional cost payment can bring Hartz IV recipients into financial distress. In many cases, these additional costs have to be borne by the authorities when paying an additional fee for heating.
However, the job center is only obliged to assume the additional costs if these do not result from a Excessive use of the heating system arose out, but within a certain framework lie. Accordingly, you must not rely on the
costs be reimbursed if you simply overheat in winter. However, there is no uniform regulation of what is considered excessive in this context.If the assumption of costs is refused due to an excessive back payment, there is still the possibility of receiving a loan from the job center. This ensures that you do not lose the apartment due to an unaffordable back payment. You then have to repay the loan in small installments. As a rule, the monthly rates are ten percent based on the standard rate.
In these cases you have to bear the costs yourself
In contrast to an additional payment for heating costs, the situation is different if you have to reckon with additional costs for electricity consumption. Because these costs are already included in the current Hartz IV payments, the so-called standard rate. Accordingly, you have to bear any additional costs yourself. If you cannot pay the costs, you can also talk to the job center about a loan.
Just as you have to pay an additional payment yourself, you can also keep a repayment if you receive Hartz IV. This gives you the opportunity to save electricity costs and money.
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You also have to bear all costs for an additional payment yourself if you no longer have to pay social benefits are instructed. This is the case even if the costs were incurred during the period in which Hartz IV was receiving the services, but the costs were not billed until later. This then affects all ancillary costs, whether heating or electricity costs.
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