The Kan. Corporation Commission (KCC) decided to switch the basis...
The Kan. Corporation Commission (KCC) decided to switch the basis for state universal service fund assessments on wireless carriers to customers’ place of primary use (PPU) instead of to their billing addresses. The commission was responding to pleas from…
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the state’s major wireless carriers to change the assessment basis to bring it into line with a billing policy adopted at the federal level and by most states for assessing many types of wireless taxes and regulatory fees. The wireless carriers had argued that use of billing address might subject customers with multiple phones to universal service assessments in multiple states, and impair the operating efficiency of centralized billing systems built around use of PPU. The commission staff backed the assessment change. In a related action, the KCC decided to keep a policy of excluding revenue from non-voice services such as ring tones and media downloads from retail wireless gross receipts for regulatory assessment purposes. The KCC agreed such services are data, not telecom, and generally interstate in nature. In another universal service matter, the KCC said it plans to open a docket soon to decide state universal service fund obligations of VoIP providers. The KCC said it’s had inquiries from several VoIP providers regarding whether they must contribute to the state fund and file reports.