[asterisk-biz] Federal and State Surcharges and Taxes

[VIP Carrier]

XO on My T1 have charged me the following taxes

FEDERAL SURCHARGES AND TAXES:
Item Name     Amount
Fed Reg Fee And Property Tax     0.92
Federal Excise Tax     0.15
Federal Universal Service Fund Surcharge     20.69
TOTAL     21.76


STATE AND LOCAL SURCHARGES AND TAXES:
Item Name     Quantity     Amount
911 New York City     5     5.00
Gross Receipts - Section 184         3.16
Gross Receipts Tax - Section 186         26.23
Local Excise Tax         19.19
MCTD Tax - Section 186         6.24
MTA Surcharge - Section 184         1.08
NY State & Local Sales Tax         70.47
NYC Franchise Fee         0.09
TOTAL     131.46

I would like to know a total brake down what is % for each charge.

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 2:29 AM, Trixter aka Bret McDanel <
trixter at 0xdecafbad.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 02:22 -0400, Alex Balashov wrote:
> > I am curious as to the source of such keen clairvoyance that you were
> > able to determine that the original poster was inquiring about
> > surcharges & taxes applicable to a VoIP provider.
>
> a guess, and the only way that federal stuff would be applicable unless
> they were an IXC and if they were that they should have their own legal
> department that deals with all the stuff that a phone company will have
> to deal with.  If you just get pri lines or whatever and that is all you
> do there is no federal anything - one of the exemptions I mentioned
> since you wouldnt be using IP.
>
> But generally most people asking questions here are asking about voip
> related services, and rather than fight it I just decided to play the
> odds and include information that would make it apparent that the
> federal taxes only apply to voip.  Based on your response that mission
> objective was accomplished since it was clear to you that it did apply
> to voip, and really little else.
>
>
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