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 <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Peter Beckman <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Universal Service Fund (US only FCC USF) > To: [email protected], "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk > Discussion" <[email protected]> > 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? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Beckman > > > Internet Guy > [email protected] > > > http://www.angryox.com/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
