MetroE and Telephone Taxes
Jared Mauch
jared at puck.nether.net
Tue Mar 1 00:45:34 UTC 2016
> On Feb 29, 2016, at 7:20 PM, Sam Norris <Sam at 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
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