*Pages 1--14 from Microsoft Word - 10730.doc* 1 PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 445 12th STREET, S. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. 20554 News media information 202/ 418- 0500 Fax- On- Demand 202/ 418- 2830 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov August 3, 2001 FY 2001 Common Carrier Regulatory Fees The Federal Communications Commission issues this Public Notice in order to provide information concerning the payment of regulatory fees in FY 2001. If you hold authorizations in any of the common carrier services, excluding international facilities (space stations, earth stations, bearer circuits, and international public fixed) and commercial wireless facilities (cellular and public mobile), you should carefully review this Public Notice. Separate Public Notices for international licensees and commercial wireless licensees are available. WHO MUST PAY REGULATORY FEES IN FY 2001 Most licensees and other entities regulated by the Commission must pay regulatory fees in FY 2001. This Public Notice concerns only the following Common Carrier regulatees: CAP/ CLEC: (Competitive Access Provider/ Competitive Local Exchange Carrier). Competes with incumbent local exchange services or telecommunications services that link customers with interexchange facilit ies, local exchange net works, or ot her cust omers. This includes fixed wireless service providers that are certified as local exchange service providers. Incumbent LECs: (Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers). Provides local exchange service. An incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) generally is a carrier that was at one time franchised as a monopoly service provider . See 47 U. S. C. 251( h). IXC: (Interexchange Carriers). Provides long distance telecommunications services, primarily through switches or circuits that it owns or leases. Local Reseller: Provides local exchange or fixed telecommunicat ions services by reselling services of ot her carriers. OSP: (Operator Service Provider). Serves customers needing the assistance of an operator to complete calls, or needing alt ernat e billing arrangement s such as collect calling. 1 2 Payphone Service Provider: Provides customers access to telephone networks through payphone equipment, special teleconference rooms, etc. Payphone service providers are also referred to as payphone aggregators. Pre- Paid Card: Provides pre- paid calling card services by selling pre- paid calling cards to the public or to retailers. Pre- paid card providers typically resell the toll service of other carriers and determine the price of the service by setting the price of the card and controlling the number of minutes for which the card can be used. Toll Reseller: Provides long dist ance telecommunicat ions services primarily by reselling the long dist ance telecommunications services of other carriers. Other Local and Other Toll Service Providers: Other providers of local exchange or toll services, including private service providers (which offer telecommunications services to others and includes companies that offer excess capacity on a private system that is used primarily for internal purposes) and shared tenant service providers (which manage or own mult i- t enant locat ions that provide telecommunications services or facilities to tenants for a fee). Governments and nonprofit entities (exempt under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code) are not required to pay regulatory fees and should not submit payment. The Commission requires that each exempt entity submit, or have on file with the Commission, a certification of governmental authority, or certification from a government authority attesting to its exempt status. In addition, a regulatee is responsible for summing all of its services in order to det ermine if a fee is due. If the sum of all services owed is less than $10, then the regulatee is exempt from paying the fee. WHY THE COMMISSION MUST COLLECT REGULATORY FEES The requirement to collect annual regulatory fees from common carriers is contained in Public Law 103- 66, "The Omnibus Budget Reconciliat ion Act of 1993." These regulatory fees, which are likely to change each fiscal year, are used to offset costs associated with the Commission's enforcement, public service, international and policy and rulemaking activities. These fees are in addition to any application processing fees associated with obtaining a license or other authorization from the Commission. WHEN FEES WILL BE DUE FEE PAYMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 Regulatory fee payments may be made to Mellon Bank at any time through September 21, 2001. Payments received after 11: 59 PM on September 21, 2001 will be assessed a 25% late payment fee. As in previous years, there will be a formal window for the acceptance of regulatory fees between September 10, 2001 and September 21, 2001. However, unlike in prior years, the Commission will, for the convenience of payers, accept fee payments made in advance of that window. 2 3 TYPE OF FEE REGULATORY FEE PAYMENT FEE CODE Interstate Telephone Service Providers (Interexchange Carriers, Local Exchange Carriers, Competitive Access Providers, Operator Service Providers, Resellers, and Other Interstate Providers) $0.00132 per revenue dollar 0172 IMPORTANT FY 2001 CHANGES FOR REGULATORY FEE FILERS The Remittance Advice 159 has been revised to accept payer and applicant FCC Registration Numbers (FRN). We recommend that you begin using the registration number with all payments to the Commission. If you do not yet have an FRN, you can obtain one through the FCC website listed below, or by filling out the registration form (Form 160) enclosed in this public notice. If at the time of submission you still do not have an FRN number, and do not wish to obtain one either through the FCC website or by submitting Form 160, you must submit your payment using the July 1997 Form 159 and include your Tax Identification Number (TIN) or other identifier. You can obtain the July 1997 Form 159 through the FCC website (http:// www. fcc. gov/ formpage. html) or by calling the Forms Room, who will then fax or mail you a copy of this version of Form 159. Please note that future transactions with the FCC will require the use of the FCC FRN number. Therefore, we encourage you to obtain and use the FCC FRN as soon as possible. To obtain a revised Remittance Advice 159: x A revised Remittance Advice 159 is included in this package x Go to http:// www. fcc. gov/ formpage. html. x Call the FCC’s Form Distribution Center at 1- 800- 418- FORM [3676]. x Pick up the form at the Commission in Room TW- B200 x Call CORES Helpdesk at 1- 877- 480- 3201. The Commission first began accepting Registration Numbers (FRN) after July 19, 2000. As was the case last year, we are encouraging all payers to obtain and use the FRN when submitting their payment of regulatory fees. If you were registered in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau’s Universal Licensing System (ULS) and your registration included all the information we needed to issue a Registration Number, we pre-registered you and mailed you your FRN in a letter dated last July (2000). You may want to check CORES to determine if you are still registered. 3 4 To obtain a Registration Number: x Register at www. fcc. gov , click on E- Filing at the top of the page, and scroll down to the CORES Registration link. x Check your pre- assigned number at www. fcc. gov, click on E- Filing at the top of the page, and scroll down to the CORES Registration link. x File FCC Form 160, (CORES Registration) which is included in this package. You may obtain the form at http:// www. fcc. gov/ formpage. html or by calling the FCC’s CORES Helpdesk at 1- 877- 480- 3201. You may also pick up the form in Commission Room TW- B200. Mailing instructions are on the form. If you are unable to regist er elect ronically, you can st ill submit your applicat ion for a Regist rat ion Number (FCC Form 160) directly to Mellon Bank (along with your filing documents and payment), or fax the FRN registration form to the CORES Helpdesk at (202) 418- 7869. Mellon will regist er you and you will receive a confirmation letter from the FCC through the U. S. Postal Service mail. Please also note that Regulatory Fee Payment Type Codes have changed with respect to the first two digits of the code referencing the year. For example, last year’s code of “0072” is now “0172” for FY 2001. The codes for FY 2001 are listed in the back of this notice under the section, Special Instructions for Completing FCC Forms 159 and 159- C. To assure proper credit for your regulatory fees, please be sure to use the codes for FY 2001. Finally, enclosed in this public notice is a completed Form 159- W using information that you had previously provided on Form 499- A. If you agree with the data and the total fee amount on the form, please complete a Form 159 Remittance Advice form, and submit it along with a copy of the completed Form 159- W. If you disagree with the data on the completed Form 159- W, please use the blank Form 159- W attached to this notice to make your corrections, complete a Form 159 Remittance Advice form, and submit both Form 159 and your completed Form 159- W. If you wish, you may make the corrections directly on the completed Form 159- W form, and submit a copy of this Form 159- W along with your completed Form 159 Remittance Advice form. FCC FORM 159 Regulatory fee payments should be accompanied by FCC Form 159 (" FCC Remittance Advice") dated February 2000. A copy of this form, with specific instructions, is attached to this Public Notice and may be used to submit fees. Reproduced forms are acceptable. Please see "Special Instructions for Completing FCC Forms 159 and 159- C" for more detailed information on how to correctly complete these forms. You must list each entity, or other designated FCC ID, if applicable, separately on Forms 159/ 159- C. Written attachments are not acceptable. Failure to properly complete FCC Forms 159/ 159- C will delay the processing of your regulatory fee payment. Any regulatee may submit the Form 159 information electronically by accessing the FCC website: www. fcc. gov. Information on how to file electronically using the Commission’s fee filer system will be made available on a subsequent public notice. 4 5 WHERE TO SEND REGULATORY FEE PAYMENTS If sending your regulatory fee payment by mail, please address your envelope as follows: Federal Communications Commission Regulatory Fees P. O. Box 358835 Pittsburgh, PA 15251- 5835 If you prefer to send your regulatory fee payment by courier to our lockbox bank, you may do so 24 hours per business day (except Federal or bank holidays). Please address your envelope and deliver it to the following address: Federal Communications Commission c/ o Mellon Client Service Center 500 Ross Street, Room 670 Pittsburgh, PA 15262- 0001 (Attention: FCC Module Supervisor) METHOD OF PAYMENT Regulatory fee payments may be made by check, money order, or by credit card (Visa or Mastercard only), payable to the “Federal Communications Commission”. When paying by credit card, please make sure you complete and sign block 31 of FCC Form 159. Payments may also be made by wire transfer or by ACH payment. Instructions are provided below. NOTE: We encourage arrangements to consolidate regulatory fee payments either by a single entity or by different entities into a single payment instrument. Consolidated fee payments may cover any number of service cat egories. Payers who will be making a single payment for a significant number of ent it ies and wish to submit their payment information electronically in lieu of submitting a large number of FCC Forms 159- C (" Advice Continuation Sheets") may do so by accessing the FCC website. Specific instructions regarding elect ronic submission will be issued separat ely. No more than twent y- five (25) Form 159- C's should be manually submitted for payment. If more than twenty- five (25) Form 159- C's are to be submitted, we encourage the public to file the information electronically through the fee filer program. Only properly filled out Form 159's will be accepted. Attached listings of service provider numbers or other FCC identifiers will not be accepted. In its FY 1996 Report and Order, the Commission amended its rule regarding the TRS Fund administ rat or to permit National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) to process regulatory fees on behalf of its pooling exchange carriers and to submit their consolidated fees to our lockbox bank in a single payment instrument. However, we remind entities subject to regulatory fee payment that the regulatee, not an agent such as NECA, is responsible for ensuring that payment is made, and that there is a penalty for not submitting the ent ire fee in a timely manner. 5 6 WIRE TRANSFER PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS A wire transfer is a transaction that you initiate via your bank. It authorizes your bank to wire funds from your account to our lockbox bank, the Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, PA. All payments made by wire transfer (payable to the “Federal Communications Commission”) must be supported by a completed FCC Remittance Advice (FCC Form 159) and Advice Continuation Sheet (FCC Form 159- C), if required. The FCC Form 159 must be faxed to Mellon Bank at (412) 209- 6045 at least one hour before the wire transfer on the same business day. Indicate on the top of the FCC Form 159 "Wire Transfer - Regulatory Fee Payment." In Box (1) - Lockbox#, located at the upper left hand corner, indicate "358835." Failure to submit the completed FCC Form 159 one hour prior to wiring payment will result in a delay in crediting your account. Due to Federal Reserve regulations, wire transfers received after 6: 00 p. m. (EDT) will be credited the next business day. The following information should be provided to your bank to complete the wire transfer: ABA Routing Number 043000261 Receiving Bank: Mellon Pittsburgh BNF: FCC/ ACV-- 9116106 OBI Field: (Skip one space between each information item) "REGULATORYPAY" PAYER TIN (Exactly as on FCC Form 159, Block #12) PAYER NAME (Exactly as on FCC Form 159, Block #2) Phone: (Daytime Phone #, exactly as on FCC Form 159, Block #9) LOCKBOX 358835 ACH DEBIT PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS If you are int erest ed in using Mellon's Cust omer Init iat ed Payment Program (CIP), a brief applicat ion form must be completed and a personal identification number (PIN) issued by the bank. Arrangements for using this process must be completed 14 days prior to submitting payment of the regulatory fee. After you have been set up for this program, you may want to submit your payment by September 20, 2001 to ensure that your payment is processed by the deadline date of September 21, 2001. Please use the FCC’s website to obtain information and a copy of the Customer Initiated Payment Program (CIP) package. The website is located at www. fcc. gov/ fees, and search the left side margin for Customer Initiated Payment Program (CIP). You can also contact the Revenue and Receivable Operations Group at (202) 418- 1995 to request the Customer Initiated Payment Program Package. COMPLIANCE Please make sure your total remittance and the amount indicated on the FCC Form 159 are in agreement. Failure to do so will delay processing. Licensees are solely responsible for accurately accounting for all licenses and for paying proper regulatory fees. Any data omission, erroneous or incomplete data submission, or payment deficiency may result in a 25% monetary penalty, dismissal of pending act ions, and/ or revocation of any authorization. You are strongly urged to submit your payment on time and accurately in order to avoid a penalt y. Addit ionally, the Commission will invoke any lawful aut horit y it may possess under 6 7 the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 to collect any fees due or outstanding against any common carrier failing to meet its regulat ory fee payment obligat ions. WAIVERS, REDUCTIONS AND DEFERMENTS OF REGULATORY FEES The Commission will consider requests for waivers, reductions or deferments of regulatory fees, in extraordinary and compelling circumstances only, upon a showing that such action overrides the public interest in reimbursing the Commission for its regulatory costs. Your regulatory fee must be paid by the due date even if a request is made for a waiver or reduction. This will ensure efficient collection in situations where a waiver or reduction is not warranted and will allow the requestor to avoid a 25% late- payment penalty if its request is denied. The regulatory fee will be refunded later if the request is granted. Only in exceptional or compelling instances (where payment of the regulatory fee along with the waiver or reduction request could result in the reduction of service to a community or other financial hardship to the licensee) will the Commission accept a petition to defer payment along with a waiver or reduction request. All requests for deferments must be received by September 21, 2001 to avoid the 25% late- payment penalty. Please submit your written waiver or reduction request to the following address: Office of the Managing Director Federal Communicat ions Commission 445 12th Street, S. W., Room 1- A625 Washington, D. C. 20554 attn: Regulatory Fee Waiver/ Reduction Request However, submit your regulatory fee payment to the address on page 5 of this Public Notice. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Applicable Public Notices, and FCC Forms 159 and 159- C are available from the FCC's Consumer Center or can be downloaded from the Internet (http:// www. fcc. gov or ftp@ fcc. gov). Text of the Report and Order including the entire Schedule of Regulatory Fees can also be downloaded from the Internet. Forms may also be obtained by contacting the Forms Hotline at (800) 418- FORM (3676) outside the Washington, D. C. area, or (202) 418- 3676 locally. For additional information, please contact the Consumer Center at (800) 418- FORM (3676), or write to: Federal Communications Commission, ATTN: Consumer Center, 445 12th Street, S. W., Washington, D. C., 20554. PAYMENT PROCEDURES FOR COMMON CARRIERS WHO MUST PAY: Interstate service providers; including CAP/ CLECs; incumbent local exchange carriers (local telephone operating companies) 1 ; Interexchange carriers (long distance telephone companies); local 1 We will permit the holding company of local exchange carriers to aggregate fee payments due by its operating companies and submit a single payment to cover the fee requirements of its subsidiaries. 7 8 resellers; OSPs (operator service providers that enable customers to make away from home calls and to place calls wit h alt ernat ive billing arrangement s); payphone service providers; pre- paid card; privat e service providers; shared tenant service providers; toll resellers; and other local and other toll service providers. These cat egories and some limited exempt ions are defined above. Governments and nonprofit entities (exempt under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code) are not required to pay regulatory fees and should not submit payment. The Commission requires that each exempt entity submit, or have on file with the Commission, a current IRS Determination Letter documenting its nonprofit status, a certification of governmental authority, or certification from a governmental authority attesting to its exempt status. PAYMENT DUE DATES FEE PAYMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 Regulatory fee payments may be made to Mellon Bank at any time through September 21, 2001. Payments received after 11: 59 PM on September 21, 2001 will be assessed a 25% late payment fee. As in previous years, there will be a formal window for the acceptance of regulatory fees between September 10, 2001 and September 21, 2001. However, unlike in prior years, the Commission will, for the convenience of payers, accept fee payments made in advance of that window. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING FCC FORMS 159 AND 159- C FCC Form 159 (" FCC Remittance Advice") and, as necessary, FCC Form 159- C (" Advice Continuation Sheet") must accompany all regulatory fee payments. FCC Form 159 allows payers to report information on one or more payment items (e. g., revenues, call signs, or a combination of any two). Use FCC Form 159- C to report additional payments. FCC Forms 159/ 159- C have been attached to this Public Notice for you to complete and remit with your payment. You may make additional copies of the forms as required. In addition to the FCC Form 159 instructions, the following information applies specifically to common carrier regulatees: Block (9) - "Telephone Number": ¾ Enter the telephone number of the individual responsible for submitting the payment and supporting FCC Form 159 and Form 159- C. Block (12) - "PAYER TIN": ¾ Enter the fee payer's nine digit Taxpayer Identification Number. 8 9 Block (22) - "APPLICANT TIN": ¾ If different from payer, enter the applicant's nine digit Taxpayer Identification Number. Block (23A) - "FCC CALL SIGN/ OTHER ID": ¾ Interstate telephone service providers should enter their Filer 499 ID number (Form 499- A, Line 101). Block (24A) - "PAYMENT TYPE CODE": (PLEASE NOTE YEAR CHANGE ON PAYMENT CODES) 0172: Enter 0172 when paying for an interstate telephone service provider regulatory fee ($ 0.00132 per revenue dollar). Block (25A) - "QUANTITY": ¾ First complete Blocks 28A (" FCC CODE 1") and 29A (" FCC CODE 2") on the FCC Form 159 (see inst ruct ions below). ¾ Interstate telephone service providers subtract the amount in Block 29A (" FCC CODE 2") from the amount in Block 28A (" FCC CODE 1") and enter the Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet end user revenue. This should be the same as Line 14 of t he Federal Communicat ions Commission Interstate Telephone Service Provider Worksheet (FCC Form 159- W). Block (27A) - "TOTAL FEE": ¾ For interstate telephone service provider regulatory fees (payment type code 0172), multiply the amount in Block 25A (" Quantity") by $0.00132. This amount should be the same as Line 16 of the Federal Communicat ions Commission Int erst at e Telephone Service Provider Worksheet (FCC Form 159- W). Block (28A) - "FCC CODE 1": ¾ For interstate telephone service provider regulatory fees (payment type code 0172), enter the total end user revenue. This amount should be the same as Line 4 of the Federal Communications Commission Interstate Telephone Service Provider Worksheet (FCC Form 159- W). 9 10 Block (29A) - "FCC CODE 2": ¾ For interstate telephone service provider regulatory fees (payment type code 0172), the amount entered in Block 29- A should be the same as the amount on Line 13 of the Federal Communications Commission Interstate Telephone Service Provider Worksheet provided below. The amount entered in Block 29- A is excluded from the interstate and international end- user revenues that are used to calculat e the telephone service provider fee. Exclusions are limited to: ¾ Interstate and international end- user revenues from mobile services; ¾ Interstate and international end- user revenues from satellite services; ¾ Interstate and international end- user revenues from services provided to resellers that do not contribute to USF; and ¾ Any surcharges levied on the preceding services for recovering associated universal service contributions. Block (30) - "CERTIFICATION": ¾ Provide the printed name and signature of an individual owner/ licensee or officer attesting to the accuracy and completeness of the information supplied. Please remember to include a daytime telephone number so that the Federal Communications Commission can contact you if questions arise regarding your payment. - FCC - 10 11 Attachment SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION A. What is the FCC Form 499- A? As required under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 2 the Commission has established, in a series of separate proceedings, procedures to finance interstate telecommunications relay services (TRS), universal service support mechanisms, administration of the North American Numbering Plan (NANPA), and shared costs of local number portability (LNPA). To accomplish these Congressionally directed objectives, contributions are collected from all telecommunications carriers providing interstate telecommunications and certain other providers of telecommunications services. In 1999, the Commission amended its rules so that for the purpose of determining their contribution( s), contributors to these mechanisms need only file the FCC Form 499 Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet. 3 The Form 499- A is filed by interstate service providers each year on April 1. A copy of the form and instructions can be downloaded at . B. Which Companies Must File a Form 499- A Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet? All providers of telecommunications services within the United States, with very limited exceptions, must file an FCC Form 499- A Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet. For this purpose, the United States is defined as the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Island, Navassa Island, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands, and Wake Island. Each legal entity that provides interstate telecommunications service for a fee, including each affiliate or subsidiary of an entity, must complete and file separately a copy of the FCC Form 499- A Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet. For purposes of determining whether an entity provides interstate telecommunications, please note that the term "telecommunications" means the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received. For the purpose of filing, the term "interstate telecommunications" includes, but is not limited to, the following types of services: wireless telephony including cellular and personal communications services (PCS); paging and messaging services; dispatch services; mobile radio services; operator services; access to interexchange service; special access; wide area telecommunications services (WATS); subscriber toll- free services; 900 services; message telephone services (MTS); private line; telex; telegraph; video services; satellite services; and, resale services. Note, for example, that all local exchange carriers provide access services and, therefore, provide interstate telecommunications. Note also that entities must file this worksheet, and are subject to the universal service contribution requirement, if they offer interstate telecommunications services for a fee to the public even if only a 2 47 U. S. C. §§ 151, 225, 251, 254. 3 1998 Biennial Regulatory Review -- Streamlined Contributor Reporting Requirements Associated with Administration of Telecommunications Relay Services, North American Numbering Plan, Local Number Portability, and Universal Service Support Mechanisms, Report and Order, FCC 99- 175, CC Docket No. 98- 171 (rel. July 14, 1999) (Contributor Reporting Requirements Order). 11 12 narrow or limited class of users could utilize the services. Included are entities that provide interstate telecommunications services to entities other than themselves for a fee on a private, contractual basis. In addition, owners of pay telephones, sometimes referred to as "pay telephone aggregators," must file this worksheet. Most telecommunications carriers must file this worksheet even if they qualify for the de minimis exemption under the Commission's rules for universal service. 4 C. Should All FCC Form 499- A Filers Also Pay Common Carrier Regulatory Fees? No. Interstate service providers that have mobile service or satellite service revenue, but no interstate local revenues or interstate toll revenues, are exempt. Interstate service providers that provide service to only other carriers are exempt. Governmental entities are exempt. Carriers whose total regulatory fee payment obligation would be less than $10 are exempt. However, the vast majority of Form 499- A filers are required to pay a Common Carrier regulatory fee. D. Should a Carrier File the Regulatory Fee if it Has Not Filed a Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, Form 499- A? Yes. If a telecommunications carrier provided interstate telecommunications services in 2000, then it should have filed a Form 499- A and must also pay the common carrier based regulatory fee. This form was due on April 1, 2001 and should have contained revenue information for calendar year 2000. Carriers who have not yet filed the Form 499- A should contact (973) 560- 4400 in order to obtain a filing package and to be assigned a 6 digit Filer 499 ID number. If a carrier has forgotten its Filer 499 ID (formerly referred to as the TRS Fund identification number) it may contact the Universal Service administrator at (973) 560- 4400, or it may be able to find it in the Carrier Locator: Interstate Service Providers < http:// www. fcc. gov/ Bureaus/ Common_ Carrier/ Reports/ FCC- State_ Link/ trs. html >. E. What Type of revenues Are Reported on the Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, Form 499- A? The Form 499- A requires filers to disclose all revenue, including revenue from non- regulated and non-telecommunications services. Detailed information is provided for telecommunications services provided to other carriers, for telecommunications provided to end- users, and for other services. The detailed information is used to classify revenues. Only certain revenues are subject to the Common Carrier regulatory fee. F. When Calculating the Common Carrier Regulatory Fee, What Kind of Costs Can be Deducted from Revenues that Appear on Form 499- A? None. The Common Carrier regulatory fee is based on interstate and international end- user revenues for local and most toll services. Other types of revenues included on the Form 499- A are excluded. Filers are not allowed to deduct any expenses from subject end- user revenues. 4 47 C. F. R. § 54.708. 12 13 Approved by OMB 3060- 0949 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION INTERSTATE TELEPHONE SERVICE PROVIDER WORKSHEET Payer Name: Filer 499 ID (Form 499- A Line 101): Form 159- W Regulatory Fee Worksheet (based on your Form 499- A filing) Calendar 2000 revenue information (show amounts in whole dollars) 1 Service provided by U. S. carriers that both originates and terminates in foreign points. Form 499- A Line 412 (e) 2 Interstate end- user revenues from all telecommunications services. Form 499- A Line 420 (d) 3 International end- user revenues from all telecommunications services except international- to- international. Form 499- A Line 420 (e) 4 Total interstate and international end- user revenues (Sum of lines 1, 2 and 3) Note: also enter this number on Block (28A)- “FCC Code 1”. 5 End- user interstate mobile service monthly and activation charges. Form 499- A Line 409 (d) 6 End- user international mobile service monthly and activation charges. Form 499- A Line 409 (e) 7 End- user interstate mobile service message charges including roaming charges but excluding toll charges. Form 499- A Line 410 (d) 8 End- user international mobile service message charges including roaming charges but excluding toll charges. Form 499- A Line 410 (e) 9 End- user interstate satellite services. Form 499- A Line 416 (d) 10 End- user international satellite services. Form 499- A Line 416 (e) 11 Surcharges on mobile and satellite services identified as recovering universal service contributions and included in line 403 (d) or 403 (e) on your FCC Form 499- A. [Note: you may not include surcharges applied to local or toll services, nor any surcharges identified as intrastate surcharges.] 12 Interstate and international revenues from resellers that do not contribute to USF. Form 499- A Line 511 (b) 13 Total excluded end- user revenues. (Sum lines 5 through 12.) Note: also enter this number on Block (29A)- “FCC Code 2”. 14 Total subject revenues. (Line 4 minus Line 13) Note: also enter this number on Block (25A)- “Quantity”. 15 Interstate telephone service provider fee factor .00132 16 2001 Regulatory Fee (Line 14 times Line 15)* Note: also enter this number on Block (27A)- “Total Fee” * You are exempt from filing if the amount on line 16 is less than $10. If you file, you MUST complete a Form 159. Please also include a copy of the FCC Form 159- W. FCC FORM 159- W July 2001 13 14 FCC NOTICE TO INDIVIDUALS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT The public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 15 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the required data, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. If you have any comments on this burden estimate, or how we can improve the collection, please write to the Federal Communications Commission, AMD- PERM, Paperwork Reduction Project (3060- 0949), Washington, DC 20554. We will also accept your comments via the Internet if you send them to jboley@ fcc. gov. PLEASE DO NOT SEND COMPLETED FORMS, TO THIS ADDRESS. Remember - You are not required to respond to a collection of information sponsored by the Federal government, and the government may not conduct or sponsor this collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number or if we fail to provide you with this notice. This collection has been assigned an OMB control number of 3060- 0949. THE FOREGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995, P. L. 104- 13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U. S. C. SECTION 3507. 14