[asterisk-biz] Universal Service Fund (US only FCC USF)

[Nitzan Kon]

Yes- you can get a 499 filer ID even if you don't owe any
USF due to de minimis. Simply give it to your carrier and
they'll stop charging you USF. There are some other things
you might want to consider, I'll email you privately.

There is no double taxation because it's all pass-through
i.e. you're supposed to charge your customers USF and file
499 to pass it to the USF directly. If you don't have a filer
ID then in essence you become the end-user yourself which 
means you have to pay USF to your carrier. They in turn do 
NOT have to pay their carrier too - they only have to file
499 and pass it straight to the USF.

Of course, the USF is a slush fund that shouldn't exist as-is
IMHO - but that's another story...

  -- Nitzan

--- On Thu, 10/8/09, Peter Beckman <beckman at angryox.com> wrote:

> From: Peter Beckman <beckman at angryox.com>
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Universal Service Fund (US only FCC USF)
> To: ydonchenko at logicvoice.com, "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 1:52 PM
> On Thu, 8 Oct 2009, Yaro Donchenko
> wrote:
> 
> > If Tier 2 paying directly to FCC he is not getting
> charged for USF from Tier 1, he just has to provide Tier 1
> with his 499 filer id and fill up some paper works.
> 
>  The issue here is that because I would contribute less
> than $10,000 per
>  year, I don't have to file the worksheet, and thus I do
> not have a 499
>  filer id.
> 
>  If I submit a 499A to the FCC and qualify under the de
> minimis section, do
>  I get a filer id that I can provide to my Tier 2 provider
> so _I_ do not
>  get charged USF by my Tier 2 provider?
> 
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