For the privilege it charges a submission fee and takes a 10% royalty on any subsequent sales.
Rangel had previously acknowledged some of the charges, including submission of 10 years' worth of incomplete and inaccurate annual statements disclosing his assets and income.
One-third of the committees (four of twelve) reported no charge for submissions; of the remaining eight that did charge investigators submitting a protocol, the average cost was approximately R2700 ($415) (range, R2000 to R5500/$308 – $846).
After that, Matters will charge $150 per submission from universities and other nonprofit groups, and $300 per submission from for-profit entities.
If an insurer tries to charge more, "the submission of the (insurer) will be rejected by the system," it added.
There's also plans to charge for event submissions, though, again, the emphasis will remain on those hand-picked and independently curated daily suggestions.
With a site full of user-generated videos, Microsoft could opt to allow users to charge money for submissions and take a percentage of the purchase cost as a fee, as Google does with its video store.
By charging $1 per submission it is effectively monetizing user-generated content, while simultaneously ensuring the quality of its competitions (spammers are much less likely to ruin this kind of competition if they have to pay).
When we approached the editor in charge of handling the submission, Professor James Kaufman, he said that, "with the permission of both myself, APA Publishing, and the commentators who first noted the error, the original manuscript was modified with the correct analyses, with the footnote included so the entire process could be as transparent as possible.
For every tax return that generates a refund of over 50 Euros, the startup charges 35 Euros for submission to the relevant financial authorities.
