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Taxes and Funds Fact Sheet (July 1, 2009)
 
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TAXES AND FUNDS FACT SHEET
(7/1/09)
All Local Exchange Companies in Washington collect and remit the following social program excise taxes levied upon all end users of regulated telecommunications services. For specific Tax questions contact the Washington Department of Revenue at 1-800-647-7706 or 360-705-6705.
1. Washington Telephone Assistance Program (WTAP)
Contact: 1-888-700-8880
Tax per access line per month: $.13
Threshold Rate (8/93) $8.00

2. Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS)
Contact: Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Mr. Eric Raff (360) 753-0699
Voice Callers – dial WA Relay 711
P.O. Box 45301
Olympia, WA 98504-5301
Tax per access line per month: $.11 fy 10

3. E-911 State Excise Tax
Contact: Department of Revenue
Bob Petteys (360) 902-7065
P.O. Box 47476
Olympia, WA 98504-7476
Tax per access line per month: $.20

4. E-911 County Tax
Contact: (See Note)
Tax per access line per month: $.50

5. E-911 King County Tax
Contact: King County
Ms. Marliss Davis (206) 296-3911
7300 Perimeter Rd South, Room 128
Seattle, WA 98108-3848
Tax per access line per month: $.50

6. Federal, State, County, Municipal utility excise taxes.
      All telecommunications companies must collect and remit federal, state, county, and municipal (occupational) utility excise taxes.

      The municipal (occupational) utility excise taxes are determined by the city ordinance of each municipality. Tax rates will vary by municipality. Telecommunications companies that have tariffs will provide the municipal (occupational) utility excise tax rates in their tariffs.

7. State Universal Service Fund (USF)
      State access charge structure provides for a mill levy on intrastate switched access minutes of use originating and terminating on Local Exchange Company (LEC) networks. New LECs must collect and remit if they offer switched access services.
USF rate per minutes of use: $.00152

Note: E911: Contact: Mr. Robert Oenning, Statewide E911 (253) 512-7011. New Local Exchange Companies abide by a Amodel@ E911 tariff/price list. This is practice if the LEC ceases to use an incumbent LEC tandem to transmit calls to Public Safety Answer Points (PSAPS). New LECs currently route 911 calls to the LEC to handle in the same manner as that of a PBX, including all proper functions of keeping the Automatic Location Identifier database

 

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