I am going to forward this to both our FCC lawyer, and local lawyer, to
get their opinions on this.
We've been down this road several years ago I believe. I'll let everyone
know the results.
For the records, we do not have interstate transport to us, just
intrastate, so we don't pay into any USF funds in any way, shape, or
form... at least not directly. Nor are we a VOIP provider, so we don't
charge end users of our services USF taxes. We are required I believe,
under Alaska law, to charge sales tax on the Internet Access services we
provide. Again, will double check.
I would leave "bluntness" to actual lawyers who have documented sources
and case laws.
*Josh Reynolds*
Chief Information Officer
SPITwSPOTS
j...@spitwspots.com | www.spitwspots.com
On 06/03/2014 03:53 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote:
My sincere apologies, Josh, for calling you out on this...
What you have stated below is quite wrong.... I am sorry for being so
blunt......
WISP's are not selling 'a service', at least not per State and Federal
Law definitions.
Sales Taxes and Communication (services) Taxes, two different animals.
USF is a TAX on Service Providers based on a very particular
definition set of services....
Paying your service providers for USF RECOVERY Fees is NOT =
PAYING USF TAXES
Lot of verbiage, definitions, and it is rather important to be
accurate is what you are saying and how your are saying...
:)
Regards.
Faisal Imtiaz
Snappy Internet & Telecom
7266 SW 48 Street
Miami, FL 33155
Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232
Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net
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*From: *"Josh Reynolds" <j...@spitwspots.com>
*To: *wireless@wispa.org
*Sent: *Tuesday, June 3, 2014 7:02:53 PM
*Subject: *Re: [WISPA] Sales Tax
You're selling a service. Sales tax in most areas. If your have
transport across state lines from a transport provider or your
bandwidth provider, you may be responsible for USF taxes in
certain cases.
*Josh Reynolds*
Chief Information Officer
SPITwSPOTS
j...@spitwspots.com | www.spitwspots.com
On 06/03/2014 11:50 AM, Sam wrote:
Is there currently a requirement for a WISP (pure WISP - no VOIP, etc)
to charge taxes of any sort, sales or otherwise? Or does that vary by
location or state? The last time I was a WISP (long ago in a county far,
far away) we did not have to charge/collect taxes from our customers.
Thanks,
Sam
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