> On Feb 29, 2016, at 7:20 PM, Sam Norris <s...@sandiegobroadband.com> wrote: > > Hey all, > > My provider here in SoCal is charging me 8% or so telephone taxes on our > MetroE > products. This seems fishy to me and I can't find any cut and dry rules about > private Ethernet / MetroE being under these rules. The same provider selling > internet / DIA has no taxes whatsoever. > > Anyone out there getting charged ULS and other telephone taxes on MetroE > circuits? Or can anyone point me to somewhere that shows that it shouldn't be > charged telephone taxes? Assume there are no voip calls traversing these > circuits. I believe ULS is Federal, the other 3-5% is CA taxes on CLECs.
First of all, you should be consulting with an accountant and/or lawyer. Regarding internet service itself, the tax free status was recently made permanent. http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d241fbfa-3f0a-4ecd-ae9a-7af255319062 The related bill: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr644 IANAL, and I’m not your accountant either. - Jared