Public price

The public price is the monetary consideration that the State receives for the provision of a service of voluntary request by the taxpayer, under equal conditions that the private sector and under public law, as defined in Article 24 of the Law of Rates and Public Prices. The state offers a service (such as university tuition, or municipal swimming pool) and charges a fee for it, just as a private company could do; but used to finance public spending.

It differs from the rate at which it is paid for the special use of the public domain, the provision of services or the performance of activities under public law that either is mandatory application by the taxpayer, or this service can not be done in any way by the private sector. Both the rate and the public price are public revenues of public law obtained by the State, although only the tax is a tax. In the case of the fee, the payment can cover at most the actual amount of the service, whereas the payment of a public price must cover at least this amount, therefore it is allowed to obtain benefits only in the case of the public price. p>

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