dvd536
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Re: who's in charge of news here?! :D
said by Ahrenl  :I thought the USF WAS a tax left over from the Spanish-American war? no, thats that 3% "FCC Fee"
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dick white
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Annandale, VA
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said by Ahrenl :I thought the USF WAS a tax left over from the Spanish-American war? The USF "tax" is a fee imposed by the FCC for the Universal Service Fund, which is supposed to encourage/assist in extending phone and internet service into under-served (principally rural) areas. The 3% long distance federal excise tax is the relic of the Spanish American War. Different animals, but they both are eating a hole in the bottom of your pocket for your money to leak out. |
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dick white
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said by Vonage User5 :where did you hear about the usf tax being removed? here: »www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co···720.html
though it is not the USF and the Spanish American War did not just end. What happened is that the telecos, etc. stopped billing for long distance by the mile. Since the legal language of the Spanish American War tax law was applicable only to phone services billed by time AND distance, it is not applicable to long distance calls billed under today's flat rates per minute anywhere. The telecos stared down the IRS on it and the IRS blinked. |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
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Bloomberg.
Only for Long-Distance, but they said it should carry over to local charges as well.
There's a video clip, owned by ABC, with Snow announcing it. Here's a link..
Yeah, my link sucked..
I thought the USF WAS a tax left over from the Spanish-American war? |
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Vonage User5
join:2004-05-15
Hillsborough, NC | reply to Ahrenl
where did you hear about the usf tax being removed? |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
1 edit | Where's the story about the USF tax being removed today? Come one. This is big news! Who cares if TWC is going to digital. Everyone is going to digial.
Edit: Actually reading the story, I guess it's interesting; but still not as cool. :P |
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