[asterisk-biz] USF payments

[Jai Rangi]

USF charges are valid, some one has to pay them. USF taxes are pass though
and companies often charge their customers for all Origination and
Termination. However things that does not fall in origination and
termination should not be taxed.
Example: Say you are using some hosting and consultancy services from
Vitelity, that should not be taxed.

-Jai
www.didforsale.com



On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:31 PM, SIP <sip at arcdiv.com> wrote:

> Our primary termination/origination carrier (Vitelity) has recently
> decided to start charging us a USF percentage on every payment we make
> to them. Keep in mind, 90% of the money we pay them is for
> administrative fees, not for origination or termination charges on any
> of the several hundred DIDs which get very little usage.
>
> Our other two carriers don't do this, but I'm wondering whether or not
> they're out of the ordinary, or if it's just Vitelity.
>
> It seems as though USF, which is a pay-for-use fee, should not be
> allowed to be assessed on administrative and non-traffic-related
> commerce. It strays away from being a USF charge at that point and
> becomes a general 'service charge' for non USF-related purposes.
>
> Have people run into this with other carriers?
>
> N.
>
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