If there are more than one actual billing periods, users can switch between them:
When switching to a billing period |
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longer |
shorter |
than the time elapsed from the beginning of the current billing period, the user is transferred to a new billing period with the start date |
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the same as of the one the he switches from. |
of the day he switches to a new billing period on. |
Refunds for the interrupted billing period are calculated as described in refund formulas and subtracted from |
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new recurrent fees prorated to the time remaining to a new billing billing period closure. |
new recurrent fees for a new billing period. |
If the resulting amount is: - negative, the account balance is credited the difference; |
Important: New billing period start date is set to the current date on any billing period change for accounts whose start billing period date was moved to the past and the open billing period closes earlier than the current date. In such cases no refunds are issued for the interrupted billing period.