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Sounds like your productivity was low, due to time wasted on thought and discussion with council about a $150 yearly fee. Yes, that contributes to inflation and poor business profits.

Others businesses may have gone through another process and increased productivity, maybe by paying the $150 and then actively chasing work or looking at ways to improve savings in idle work hours and and then used those extra hours to produce or sell.

My council fees went up a few years back, most of the time there is no point trying to argue about it, so I looked at how I could increase income to pay the added council fee.

The first thing I did was to approach all my suppliers and discuss price reductions. Most of the suppliers cooperated, they gave me a % discount on purchases which had the added bonus of increased sales due to some of the discount being passed onto our customers, and my purchases increased. In the end everyone was happy and my productivity and profits were improved.

There is always good and bad examples.