When does the Reconciliation Assistance Program Fee begin for an All County franchise?
All_County Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Ongoing Website Hosting and Maintenance Fee. In addition to the Royalty, you agree to pay us each Accounting Period an ongoing website hosting and maintenance fee ("Ongoing Website Hosting and Maintenance Fee") for use and maintenance of our website and online systems. The Ongoing Website Hosting and Maintenance Fee presently is Sixty Five Dollars ($65) per Accounting Period. We may increase the Ongoing Website Hosting and Maintenance Fee periodically during the Term of the Agreement, upon thirty (30) days prior written notice from us to you, provided however that any such increase shall not occur more than one (1) time in any period of twelve (12) consecutive Accounting Periods. The Software License Fee shall be payable at the same time and in the same manner as the Royalty.
- 3.5. Reconciliation Assistance Program Fee. You acknowledge and agree that you must participate in our mandatory Reconciliation Assistance Program. As a condition of your participation in the Reconciliation Assistance Program, you must execute Appendix E to this Agreement. You acknowledge and agree that that you shall pay us any applicable fees for our administration of the Reconciliation Assistance Program (the "Reconciliation Assistance Program Fee"). We shall provide the Reconciliation Program services to you with no Reconciliation Assistance Program Fee payable from you to us for the initial six (6) full Accounting Periods during the Term of the Agreement, as measured from the Effective Date. Thereafter, the Reconciliation Assistance Program Fee sh
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 43–157)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to All County's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must participate in the Reconciliation Assistance Program. However, All County provides the Reconciliation Program services without charging the Reconciliation Assistance Program Fee for the first six full accounting periods, as measured from the effective date of the franchise agreement.
After this initial six-month period, the Reconciliation Assistance Program Fee is $425 per accounting period. In addition to this base fee, All County may charge $45 per hour for any work they provide to a franchisee due to their failure to comply with the required methods of operation concerning reconciling client accounts.
All County requires franchisees to participate in the Reconciliation Assistance Program for at least the first 18 full accounting periods of the franchise term. After this initial mandatory period, a franchisee may request to be released from mandatory participation in the Reconciliation Assistance Program, but All County has the sole discretion to either accept or reject this request.