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. <br>
Example: Say you are using some hosting and consultancy services from Vitelity, that should not be taxed. <br><br>-Jai <br><a href="http://www.didforsale.com">www.didforsale.com</a> <br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:31 PM, SIP <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sip@arcdiv.com">sip@arcdiv.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Our primary termination/origination carrier (Vitelity) has recently<br>
decided to start charging us a USF percentage on every payment we make<br>
to them. Keep in mind, 90% of the money we pay them is for<br>
administrative fees, not for origination or termination charges on any<br>
of the several hundred DIDs which get very little usage.<br>
<br>
Our other two carriers don't do this, but I'm wondering whether or not<br>
they're out of the ordinary, or if it's just Vitelity.<br>
<br>
It seems as though USF, which is a pay-for-use fee, should not be<br>
allowed to be assessed on administrative and non-traffic-related<br>
commerce. It strays away from being a USF charge at that point and<br>
becomes a general 'service charge' for non USF-related purposes.<br>
<br>
Have people run into this with other carriers?<br>
<br>
N.<br>
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