Telephone Service Surcharges
jared
Company X overlooked my local government's 911 surcharge and
just-because-its-a-source-of-revenue tax that add another few
dollars. The upshot is that a thirty-something dollar nominal cost
becomes fifty-something dollars.
COLORADO
Federal Excise Tax 3%
Tax mandated by the federal government imposed on all
telecommunication services.
Federal Universal Service Fund 8.7%.
FUSF is assessed on your interstate and international charges not
including taxes. This includes a portion of the monthly product fee
that is allocated to interstate services for regulatory
purposes. [This] is consistent with the FUSF rate of other large long
distance carriers. This surcharge is assessed on any monthly long
distance plan fees/ minimums, Interstate and International Usage and
the Network Access Charge.
Network Access Surcharge Primary Line - (EUCL) $6.50
Monthly charge assessed on each line within the household. This charge
compensates for the Local Telephone Company's cost of installation and
maintenance of the components that link your home to the telephone
network.
Network Access Surcharge Secondary Line - (EUCL) $7.00 (when applicable)
Monthly charge assessed on each line within the household. This charge
compensates for the Local Telephone Company's cost of installation and
maintenance of the components that link your home to the telephone
network.
Carrier Cost Recovery Charge (CCRC)* 1.4%
A monthly surcharge in order to recover costs the Company incurs with
regard to Telecommunications Relay Service, national number
portability, and federal regulatory fees. The surcharge is assessed on
long distance (Dial-1, Card, P800 and SB T800) state-to-state and
international charges.
Local 911 $0.00 - $0.70 per line
This fee provides the local governing body with a source of revenue
for payment of the total costs of establishing or upgrading, operating
and maintaining an emergency telephone system.
State and Local Taxes 2.900%
This is a state sales tax on the consumption of telecommunications
services.
State and Local Taxes 0% - 5%
This is a local sales tax on the consumption of telecommunications
services.
State and Local Taxes 0% - 0.8%
This is a special sales tax to pay for regional transportation
projects, scientific and cultural projects, and sports stadium
projects.
Federal, State and Local Surcharges $1.12
This is a surcharge of the City of Denver telecommunications business
tax on telephone and telegraph companies.
High Cost Fund (Colorado) 2.300%
The Colorado High Cost Fund is used to ensure the availability of
affordable basic telephone service in areas where costs to provide
service are high.
Telecommunications Relay Service $0.10
A surcharge to fund the relay center that assists the hearing and
speech impaired with communicating to other telephone providers.
Local Number Portability (LNP) $0.43
Covers the cost of providing residential customers with the ability to
retain, at the same location, their existing local telephone numbers
when switching from one local provider to another.
John Levine
> Thought c.d.t readers might find this list of surcharges fascinating.
There are indeed a lot of taxes asssessed on phone service but the
doublespeak is quite fascinating:
> Network Access Surcharge Primary Line - (EUCL) $6.50
> Monthly charge assessed on each line within the household. This charge
> compensates for the Local Telephone Company's cost of installation and
> maintenance of the components that link your home to the telephone
> network.
> Network Access Surcharge Secondary Line - (EUCL) $7.00 (when applicable)
> Monthly charge assessed on each line within the household. This charge
> compensates for the Local Telephone Company's cost of installation and
> maintenance of the components that link your home to the telephone
> network.
English translation: this is the part of the local bill that's
regulated by the federal FCC rather than the state PUC. We (the phone
company) keep it all.
> Carrier Cost Recovery Charge (CCRC)* 1.4%
> A monthly surcharge in order to recover costs the Company incurs with
> regard to Telecommunications Relay Service, national number
> portability, and federal regulatory fees. The surcharge is assessed on
> long distance (Dial-1, Card, P800 and SB T800) state-to-state and
> international charges.
English translation: We don't like paying taxes, and TDD sounds kind
of virtuous, so we're going to pretend that paying this charge is your
responsibility rather than ours. We (the phone company) keep it all.
> Local Number Portability (LNP) $0.43
> Covers the cost of providing residential customers with the ability to
> retain, at the same location, their existing local telephone numbers
> when switching from one local provider to another.
English tranlation: We phone companies moaned and groaned so much when
the FCC mandated LNP that they let us add a line to the bill that
looks like a tax but isn't and has only the most tenuous relationship
to the actual cost of upgrading the network for LNP. We (the phone
company) keep it all.
Regards,
John Levine jo...@iecc.com Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies"
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