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title: Transparent Fees
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createdAt: 2024-02-21T16:36:42.873Z
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Effective May 12, 2025, the FTC’s new “Junk Fees Rule” will require anyone selling live-event tickets to clearly show the total price, including all required fees.  While previously required for select states, this will now affect **all** states. 

Your patron-facing pricing will list the total, including fees for each ticket, when these fees are *passed on *to the patron, such as the Ludus fee or any Custom Fees you create.

## Is there a way to turn this off?

No — Ludus helps your group maintain compliance for all ecommerce rules, and this cannot be disabled. Violating the FTC's Junk Fees Rule can result in civil penalties of up to $51,744 per violation, with each instance of noncompliance treated as a separate offense.

If you prefer not to have fees listed, you do have the option to *absorb fees,* which means patrons simply pay the price of the ticket with no additional fees added on.

## What does this look like to patrons?

### General Admission Events

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/-Wjcg2-gpBfUKvBZQaMyV-UsDWBvQYsKGIas3yXyXNu-20250520-151432.png)

### Assigned Seating Events

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/-Wjcg2-gpBfUKvBZQaMyV-9G8VX3KXJT3MC7r3dGsCr-20250520-151346.png)

### Classes / Collections

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/-Wjcg2-gpBfUKvBZQaMyV-Nj3SGVhS1rqfPIwvxAJmx-20250520-151757.png)

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[How do Taxes and Custom Fees look with Transparent Fees?](docId\:SFeeaqBwil8lxDGW7rAAZ) 
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[Taxes](docId\:JvMXaJnTIDiLmzoB2jTzs) 
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[Custom Fees](docId\:tvpAV6y1AhrvsBl4S-5_5) 
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