http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1431
something is in the works to make this Federal Exemption permanent...it is not a done deal though... 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 ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Howard" <ja...@litewire.net> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 9:33:28 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sales Tax > I read online that the Federal exemption is set to expire this fall. Does > anyone know if it’s been extended? > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 10:30 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sales Tax > Yes, please do forward it ..... > I believe you are confusing a few items together... > Let me see if I can clarify:- > 1. One needs to consult your State Taxing Authority, to determine what type > of Taxes you should be COLLECTING on behalf of the State , and REMITTING to > them, NO TWO STATES ARE ALIKE ! > 2. One needs to "distinguish" between what they are selling to their > customers !.. Internet Access / PTP Transport / VOIP / etc. These three > items are the most commonly taxed items. Some States it is Sales Tax, Other > States it is Communication Taxes, there can also be a local County / City > component... (Note: There is Federal Law on the Books which exempts ANY kind > of Tax Collection on INTERNET SERVICE (only, it does not apply to PTP > Transport), with the exception of what was already in place by the 10 > Grandfathered States...) > 3. If you are providing VOIP services / Telephone Services or Interstate > services, you have to File with the FCC, and they determine if you are > Eligible for them to tax you for USF.. (Very important note.. USF is a TAX > on Communication Services Providers ONLY... no one else, not end users, not > customers etc.... However the LAW allows a Communication Carrier to RECOVER > the USF Tax equivalent, from it's customer's Interstate / Long Distance > services. (Lots of little if's and or buts here)..lets not get into the > habit of confusing the tax with the recovery fee, they are related, but not > the same !..) > 4. If you are a BUYER of Long Haul Transport, and or any Voice/LD Services > from another Carrier, You have the honor of Paying That Carrier their USF > Recovery Fee... (This is not a tax on you !!!, but you get to pay it). > However if you are a USF Contributing Eligible Carrier, who is not > de-minimus, i.e. you are sending money to USF , then you can use your 499 > ID, to get yourself OUT OF PAYING other Carriers USF Recovery Fee. (and > there may be one or two other entities with similar exemptions). > One has to be very careful when using the word TAX as in State Taxes or > Federal Taxes, because if these are not Collected and Remitted in the > prescribed manner, one is guilt of a very big crime....This is the major > reason why a lot of Telecom Bills will list extra items as FEES... not > TAXES.... > Hope this helps. Sorry to come across harsh and blunt, but what you > originally wrote, was totally off... > 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 > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Josh Reynolds" < j...@spitwspots.com > > > > To: wireless@wispa.org > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2014 9:21:46 PM > > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sales Tax > > > 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 > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wireless mailing list > > > Wireless@wispa.org > > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Total Control Panel > Login > To: ja...@litewire.net > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org > Message Score: 1 > High (60): Pass > My Spam Blocking Level: High > Medium (75): Pass > > Low (90): Pass > Block this sender / Block this sender enterprise-wide > Block wispa.org / Block wispa.org enterprise-wide > This message was delivered because the content filter score did not exceed > your filter level. > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
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