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Understanding your bill

Written by KCOM Support on 06/09/2023. Posted in Billing.

Our aim is to make your bills as simple as possible by only including information that's necessary. Despite this, we get questions about them all the time. Before you contact us however, we've put together the following guide, to highlight some of the key information and what it means.

Contents

  1. Video Explanation
  2. Front page
    1. Service charges & total amount due
    2. We like to tell you about changes
  3. Page 2
  4. Page 3
    1. Your recent billing and payment history
    2. Your KCOM Services
    3. Bill Total
    4. What you used

Introduction

The bills we send you contain some important information. Here we'll break down what information your bill contains and what it means.

Video Explanation


 

Front Page

The front page of our bill contains some key points:

FrontPage

Service charges & Total amount due:

  • Service Charges tell you the period you're being billed for, normally one month. If you've recently joined KCOM or have changed your package, this period may cover more than one month, resulting on the Total Amount Due being higher.
     
  • This section also shows you the date of your bill and in the example shown, when approximately your payment will be collected by direct debit. If you're not a direct debit customer, it will inform you when your payment is due to reach us.
TotalAmountDue

We like to tell you about changes:

It's important that we tell you of about any changes to your service. In the section below we like to check we have your contact details up to date. If they are great, no further action is required if not, this shows you the way's in which you can update them.

WeLikeToTellYouAbloutChanges

Page 2

Page 2 of your bill contains lots of useful information on ways to pay your bill on the left-hand side. The right-hand side details how you can contact us if you need any help with your bill.

Page2

Page 3 - The breakdown

This page contains a lot of information, including showing which charges are inclusive or exclusive of VAT, so let's break it down:

Page3

1. Your recent billing and payment history:

Here, you'll find the balance of your previous bill, any payments made and then the amount to pay for this bill.

RecentBillingAndPaymentHistory

Information Icon Something to note

The 'Amount to pay' may differ from 'This bill total' because of two reasons:
  • If the 'Amount to pay' is lower than 'The bill amount', this indicates your account has been in credit.
  • If the 'Amount to pay' is higher than 'The bill amount' this indicates that there's has been a balance left over from a previous bill.

2. Your KCOM Services:

This section contains the information on the services, extra charges and credits for your account.

You'll see the monthly rolling services first, after which you'll see any extra charges, for example calls, and then you'll see the credits which have been applied for call bolt-ons and other discounts such as direct debit and paper-free billing.

KCOMServices

Your total savings are also shown in section 3.

3. Bill Total:

Section 3, again shows you the 'Bill Total'. It also shows you the total you've saved and anything you could save on future bills:

BillTotal

4. What you used:

Section 4 provides an itemisation of calls made (excluding local calls). Although the itemisation shows a charge on the right-hand side under 'Amount', if the call was included as part of your bolt-on, this will have been discounted in section 2.

WhatYouUsed

We hope this article has helped you to understand your bill. If you still have questions, please visit our contact us page

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