[187960] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MetroE and Telephone Taxes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Mon Feb 29 19:45:42 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <01b801d17350$3404c200$9c0e4600$@SanDiegoBroadband.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 19:45:34 -0500
To: Sam Norris <Sam@SanDiegoBroadband.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> On Feb 29, 2016, at 7:20 PM, Sam Norris <Sam@SanDiegoBroadband.com> =
wrote:
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> Hey all,
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 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.
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http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=3Dd241fbfa-3f0a-4ecd-ae9a-7a=
f255319062
The related bill:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr644
IANAL, and I=E2=80=99m not your accountant either.
- Jared
