---
title: "Displayed price and single-figure total"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/total-price-display-checks"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a29-total-price-display-checks"
area_id: "A29"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A29-T1-R8"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Displayed price and single-figure total

> Checklist of the ACCC price-display page on the single total price, more than one displayed price, drip pricing, menu surcharges and payment-method discounts.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/total-price-display-checks  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Competition & Consumer Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when checking a price shown to a consumer before booking, ordering or purchase, including a checkout flow that adds fees. It does not decide that a display is misleading.

## Used for these tasks

- [Check displayed pricing, subscriptions and cancellation flows](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/check-displayed-pricing-subscriptions-and-cancellation-flows.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may list each price and fee shown in the screenshots or copy, in the order a consumer sees them, and the lawyer decides whether the display meets the page's rules.

**AI may:**

- List each price, fee and pre-selected option in the order it appears
- Mark whether a single total figure is at least as prominent as any partial price
- Record the menu surcharge words, if any, and compare them with the sentence on the page

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide that a was/now price or a drip-pricing flow is misleading
- Must not rewrite the advertisement or the checkout
- Must not treat the card-surcharge sentence as applying to a fee that is not a card surcharge

**The lawyer checks:**

- The single figure is the minimum total cost, including taxes, duties and unavoidable or pre-selected fees
- A fee that cannot be quantified is treated only as the page allows, and the customer is told the full total once it can be calculated
- If more than one price is displayed, either the lowest is charged or one of the page's exceptions applies
- The card-surcharge page linked from this page is read before advising on a card fee

## Authorities

- [ACCC, Price displays](https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/pricing/price-displays)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/total-price-display-checks and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*