What are the taxes and fees on my telephone bill?
Residential Access Line Charge:
Authorized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for providing access to and maintenance of the local network.
Local Number Portability:
The FCC allows telephone companies to add this charge to all telephone lines. This fee compensates the companies for their work in creating systems in which people who change local telephone companies can take their telephone number with them.
Hearing Impaired Surcharge:
State government imposes this monthly charge which helps to provide telephone services to the hearing impaired.
State and Federal Taxes:
This is the amount of your state and federal taxes which varies by your location. All telephone companies assess the same percentages.
Federal Universal Service Fund:
This supports telecommunication needs of consumers in low-income households, schools, libraries and rural healthcare providers.
Gross Receipts Tax:
The Gross Receipts Tax is on gross receipts derived from the furnishing of telephone services at the rate of 4%. The service provider collects the tax and reports the collections annually to the Department of Revenue.
Federal Excise Tax:
These are taxes mandated by the federal government. They are imposed on local and wireless telephone services.
Residential Access Line Charge:
Authorized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for providing access to and maintenance of the local network.
Local Number Portability:
The FCC allows telephone companies to add this charge to all telephone lines. This fee compensates the companies for their work in creating systems in which people who change local telephone companies can take their telephone number with them.
Hearing Impaired Surcharge:
State government imposes this monthly charge which helps to provide telephone services to the hearing impaired.
State and Federal Taxes:
This is the amount of your state and federal taxes which varies by your location. All telephone companies assess the same percentages.
Federal Universal Service Fund:
This supports telecommunication needs of consumers in low-income households, schools, libraries and rural healthcare providers.
Gross Receipts Tax:
The Gross Receipts Tax is on gross receipts derived from the furnishing of telephone services at the rate of 4%. The service provider collects the tax and reports the collections annually to the Department of Revenue.
Federal Excise Tax:
These are taxes mandated by the federal government. They are imposed on local and wireless telephone services.
Federal TRS and Administration Fee:
The Federal Telecom Relay Service (TRS) fee is a fee on all carriers providing interstate telecommunications must support TRS, which enables telephone conversations between people with speech/hearing impairments and those without. The Federal TRS surcharged is assessed as a percentage of interstate toll charges.
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