Telephone Surcharge

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Telephone Surcharge

The surcharge is to be collected by Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers and Local Exchange Carriers.  The surcharge rate is established by the Public Service Commission and collected by the local carriers from their customers.  Monthly reporting forms are mailed out by the Miscellaneous Tax Section and are required to be completed/filed by the 15th of each month following the report month.  The surcharge revenue provides telecommunication devices for persons who are deaf, blind, or speech impaired. 

Definitions
1. Commercial Mobile Radio Service includes any wireless, two-way communication device, including radio-telephone communications used in cellular telephone service, personal communication service, or the functional and competitive or functional competitive equivalent of a radio-telephone communications line
used in cellular telephone service, a personal communication service or a network radio access line.  It does not include services whose customers do not have access to 911 or a 911-like service, a communication channel suitable only for data transmission, a wireless roaming service or other non-local radio access line service, or a private telecommunications system.  The surcharge does not apply to prepaid wireless telephone service.

2. Local Exchange Carrier or “LEC” means a telecommunications provider of basic local exchange service or switched-access service.  The term does not include commercial mobile service providers.

Taxation
Effective July 1, 2013, the monthly Telephone Surcharge rate of $0.02 applies to working subject telephone numbers (Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers) and subject access lines (Local Exchange Carriers).

Applicable Statutes
AR Code Ann. §§20-79-401 et seq., 23-17-101 et seq.

Statistics

TitlePosted
Telephone Surcharge Revenue 07/2008 to Current07/03/2017
Telephone Surcharge Revenue FYE 201807/03/2018
Telephone Surcharge Revenue FYE 20190705/2019
Telephone Surcharge Revenue FYE 202007/02/2020
Telephone Surcharge Revenue FYE 202107/09/2021
Telephone Surcharge Revenue FYE 202207/01/2022
Telephone Surcharge Revenue FYE 202307/06/2023
Telephone Surcharge Revenue FYE 202407/01/2024
Telephone Surcharge Revenue FYE 202510/01/2024