News from our newspaper (Reporter Wang Wei) Recently, the website of the Beijing Market Supervision and Administration Bureau announced the punishment results for Beijing Babaoshan Tianyuan Funeral Service Center and Beijing Babaoshan Changjiu Funeral Service Co., Ltd.
The two companies were fined 1.005 million yuan in accordance with the law because of price violations in funeral service charges.
The details of the punishment show that in December 2022, Beijing Babaoshan Tianyuan Funeral Service Center had three price violations when charging for funeral services. "Letter on Adjusting Partial Funeral Service Fee Standards" (Jing Price (Receipt) Zi [2001] No. 351) stipulates that "150 yuan per body for plastic surgery" is higher than the price set by the government for plastic surgery of remains, according to 150 yuan per body. Standard charges ranging from 1,000 yuan.
Second, when collecting the transportation fee for the body pick-up vehicle, the transportation fee for the body pick-up vehicle is set according to the standard of 260 yuan per vehicle for ordinary hearses, 800 yuan per vehicle for Buick, and 1,500 yuan per vehicle for Mercedes-Benz.
This behavior violates the "transportation fee for corpse pick-up vehicles. The starting price for mid-range cars (within the purchase price of 150,000 yuan to 400,000 yuan) is 50 yuan, and 5 yuan/km for more than 10 kilometers (1. From 18:00 at night to 8:00 am the next day) 50% of the fare will be charged for leaving the car. 2. The transportation fee will be calculated on a round-trip basis. 3. The empty-driving fee will be charged at half the price if the family member changes and returns.
Third, it did not publicize the charging items and charging standards in its business premises.
Beijing Babaoshan Changjiu Funeral Service Co., Ltd., in addition to collecting the transportation fee for the corpse vehicle, sets its own standard for collecting the transportation fee for the corpse vehicle, and collects it according to the standard of 1,500 yuan each time; In addition to the behavior, when collecting the farewell room rental fee, it also violated the regulations of "the rental fee for a first-class high-end decoration farewell room, and the rental fee for a first-class high-end decoration farewell room above 50 square meters (inclusive) is limited to 300 yuan per session", which exceeded the government's guidance. It is an illegal act to set the farewell room rental price according to the price fluctuation range and charge it at the standard of 2,300 yuan per show.