[WISPA] VoIP Taxes, Fees, Insanity
I am attempting to figure out all of the taxes for VoiP and the main thing that has me confused is the Universal Service Fund. It seems that my state (Utah) has a USF of 0.45% http://www.psc.state.ut.us/utilities/telecom/documents/Rule%20746-360%20amendment.rtf Then it also seems like the Feds want 15.1%?? That is huge! http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/contribution-factor-quarterly-filings-universal-service-fund-usf-management-support Then there is sales and use tax of *State Sales Use -* 4.7% *Municipality Sales Use - *varies - see http://tax.utah.gov/salestax/rate/13q3combined.pdf Then we have E911: *E911 State -* .08 *E911 County -* .61 *Poison Control -* .07 *---* *Total for E911 -* .76 Then, since October 2011 we are also liable for the *Telecommunications Relay Fund* - .06 http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-11-150A1.pdf http://www.psc.state.ut.us/utilities/telecom/documents/Rule%20746-360%20amendment.rtf ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] VoIP Taxes, Fees, Insanity
Accidentally hit send. There is more! We also have: *Municipal Telecommunications License Tax (MTLT) - *3.5% ...this is the tricky one. It is never charged on a county level and is determined by the zip+4 of the municipality. It appears that most charge it but some don't and unincorporated areas never do. http://tax.utah.gov/utah-taxes/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=177#telecom http://tax.utah.gov/salestax/rate/13q3other.pdf So we are looking at like 25-30% tax?? Is this correct? On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Jeremy jeremysmi...@gmail.com wrote: I am attempting to figure out all of the taxes for VoiP and the main thing that has me confused is the Universal Service Fund. It seems that my state (Utah) has a USF of 0.45% http://www.psc.state.ut.us/utilities/telecom/documents/Rule%20746-360%20amendment.rtf Then it also seems like the Feds want 15.1%?? That is huge! http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/contribution-factor-quarterly-filings-universal-service-fund-usf-management-support Then there is sales and use tax of *State Sales Use -* 4.7% *Municipality Sales Use - *varies - see http://tax.utah.gov/salestax/rate/13q3combined.pdf Then we have E911: *E911 State -* .08 *E911 County -* .61 *Poison Control -* .07 *---* *Total for E911 -* .76 Then, since October 2011 we are also liable for the *Telecommunications Relay Fund* - .06 http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-11-150A1.pdf http://www.psc.state.ut.us/utilities/telecom/documents/Rule%20746-360%20amendment.rtf ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] VoIP Taxes, Fees, Insanity
Our $25 phone service ends up being between $29 and $33 depending on what county the customer is in Sounds like your taxes are higher there. On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 12:22 AM, Jeremy jeremysmi...@gmail.com wrote: Accidentally hit send. There is more! We also have: *Municipal Telecommunications License Tax (MTLT) - *3.5% ...this is the tricky one. It is never charged on a county level and is determined by the zip+4 of the municipality. It appears that most charge it but some don't and unincorporated areas never do. http://tax.utah.gov/utah-taxes/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=177#telecom http://tax.utah.gov/salestax/rate/13q3other.pdf So we are looking at like 25-30% tax?? Is this correct? On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Jeremy jeremysmi...@gmail.com wrote: I am attempting to figure out all of the taxes for VoiP and the main thing that has me confused is the Universal Service Fund. It seems that my state (Utah) has a USF of 0.45% http://www.psc.state.ut.us/utilities/telecom/documents/Rule%20746-360%20amendment.rtf Then it also seems like the Feds want 15.1%?? That is huge! http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/contribution-factor-quarterly-filings-universal-service-fund-usf-management-support Then there is sales and use tax of *State Sales Use -* 4.7% *Municipality Sales Use - *varies - see http://tax.utah.gov/salestax/rate/13q3combined.pdf Then we have E911: *E911 State -* .08 *E911 County -* .61 *Poison Control -* .07 *---* *Total for E911 -* .76 Then, since October 2011 we are also liable for the *Telecommunications Relay Fund* - .06 http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-11-150A1.pdf http://www.psc.state.ut.us/utilities/telecom/documents/Rule%20746-360%20amendment.rtf ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] VoIP Taxes, Fees, Insanity
That looks about right, it varies by state/locality of course. We collect Federal USF, State use tax, state and county E911. The USF you get to pocket until your required contributions are $10k/year - under that you are considered de minimus and just have to file the annual form. When we set up our billing the Telecom Relay Fund passed under our radar so now we're just paying for that out of pocket. I'm not sure if you are allowed to collect that specifically from your customers as well. On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 12:20 AM, Jeremy jeremysmi...@gmail.com wrote: I am attempting to figure out all of the taxes for VoiP and the main thing that has me confused is the Universal Service Fund. It seems that my state (Utah) has a USF of 0.45% http://www.psc.state.ut.us/utilities/telecom/documents/Rule%20746-360%20amendment.rtf Then it also seems like the Feds want 15.1%?? That is huge! http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/contribution-factor-quarterly-filings-universal-service-fund-usf-management-support Then there is sales and use tax of *State Sales Use -* 4.7% *Municipality Sales Use - *varies - see http://tax.utah.gov/salestax/rate/13q3combined.pdf Then we have E911: *E911 State -* .08 *E911 County -* .61 *Poison Control -* .07 *---* *Total for E911 -* .76 Then, since October 2011 we are also liable for the *Telecommunications Relay Fund* - .06 http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-11-150A1.pdf http://www.psc.state.ut.us/utilities/telecom/documents/Rule%20746-360%20amendment.rtf ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] VoIP Taxes, Fees, Insanity
From what I read it seems like you can collect whatever you want directly from your customers but it may be considered as income and taxed as such. So you can't really pass it on as a direct fee and bypass your income tax liability for it. On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:26 PM, Chris Fabien ch...@lakenetmi.com wrote: That looks about right, it varies by state/locality of course. We collect Federal USF, State use tax, state and county E911. The USF you get to pocket until your required contributions are $10k/year - under that you are considered de minimus and just have to file the annual form. When we set up our billing the Telecom Relay Fund passed under our radar so now we're just paying for that out of pocket. I'm not sure if you are allowed to collect that specifically from your customers as well. On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 12:20 AM, Jeremy jeremysmi...@gmail.com wrote: I am attempting to figure out all of the taxes for VoiP and the main thing that has me confused is the Universal Service Fund. It seems that my state (Utah) has a USF of 0.45% http://www.psc.state.ut.us/utilities/telecom/documents/Rule%20746-360%20amendment.rtf Then it also seems like the Feds want 15.1%?? That is huge! http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/contribution-factor-quarterly-filings-universal-service-fund-usf-management-support Then there is sales and use tax of *State Sales Use -* 4.7% *Municipality Sales Use - *varies - see http://tax.utah.gov/salestax/rate/13q3combined.pdf Then we have E911: *E911 State -* .08 *E911 County -* .61 *Poison Control -* .07 *---* *Total for E911 -* .76 Then, since October 2011 we are also liable for the *Telecommunications Relay Fund* - .06 http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-11-150A1.pdf http://www.psc.state.ut.us/utilities/telecom/documents/Rule%20746-360%20amendment.rtf ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
