Chart 10: California Telecommunications Surcharge and User Fee Rates Prepaid MTS Surcharge Reporting and Remittance Pursuant to Pub. Util. Code Section 319(g), as discussed, carriers are required to report their intrastate revenues as directed by the Commission. The Act also requires carriers to report total prepaid wireless service revenue to the Commission and authorizes the Commission to specify those reports it may require. In T-17542, the Commission requires carriers, when reporting through TUFFS, to identify that portion of their revenue that was derived from direct sales, in addition to that portion derived from indirect sales. The combination of these two separately reported amounts provides the Commission with the prepaid wireless carriers total revenue amount, as the Act requires. We clarify that we are not requiring prepaid wireless carriers to estimate the revenue a retailer may have generated from selling a carrier’s prepaid service. Rather, carriers are required to identify the actual revenue they received for the sale of their services through third party retailers. Compliance with the Act We remind carriers that they are required to adhere to all provisions of the Act, as well as the requirements set forth by the Commission as they relate to the assessment, collection, remittance, and reporting of the MTS surcharge. For instance, carriers who have failed to implement the surcharge in a timely manner, failed to properly disclose the surcharge to their customers, and/or failed to remit or report to the Commission the proper amount of prepaid MTS revenues may be subject to penalties pursuant to Pub. Util. Code sections 2107 and 2108 or other action the Commission deems necessary. Carriers are subject to audit for all prepaid MTS surcharge collections. Safety Impact The funding of Public Purpose Programs increases access to communication services to customers in California, thereby promoting public safety.
Chart 10: California Telecommunications Surcharge and User Fee Rates Prepaid MTS Surcharge Reporting and Remittance Pursuant to Pub. Util. Code Section 319(g), as discussed, carriers are required to report their intrastate revenues as directed by the Commission. The Act also requires carriers to report total prepaid wireless service revenue to the Commission and authorizes the Commission to specify those reports it may require. In T-17542, the Commission requires carriers, when reporting through TUFFS, to identify that portion of their revenue that was derived from direct sales, in addition to that portion derived from indirect sales. The combination of these two separately reported amounts provides the Commission with the prepaid wireless carriers total revenue amount, as the Act requires. We clarify that we are not requiring prepaid wireless carriers to estimate the revenue a retailer may have generated from selling a carrier’s prepaid service. Rather, carriers are required to identify the actual revenue they received for the sale of their services through third party retailers. Compliance with the Act We remind carriers that they are required to adhere to all provisions of the Act, as well as the requirements set forth by the Commission as they relate to the assessment, collection, remittance, and reporting of the MTS surcharge. For instance, carriers who have failed to implement the surcharge in a timely manner, failed to properly disclose the surcharge to their customers, and/or failed to remit or report to the Commission the proper amount of prepaid MTS revenues may be subject to penalties pursuant to Pub. Util. Code sections 2107 and 2108 or other action the Commission deems necessary. Carriers are subject to audit for all prepaid MTS surcharge collections. Safety Impact The funding of Public Purpose Programs increases access to communication services to customers in California, thereby promoting public safety.
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