User Fee Increase In Effect Now

From Social Security Emergency Message EM-06094 (emphasis added):

Effective with fees paid December 1, 2006 and later, the user fee increases from $75.00 to $77.00 or 6.3% of attorney fee, whichever is lower. The cap was adjusted based on annual cost of living adjustments (COLAs) rounded down to next lower $1 for the current calendar year.

Automated fee computations, fees processed manually, or paid by A-OTP, will use the increased fee assessment cap to compute the user fee for fees paid on or after December 1, 2006.