Fcc Form 159-W - Interstate Telephone Service Provider Worksheet (Page 4 of 8) in pdf

· Wire Transfer (preceded by a faxed (314-418-4232) copy of a Fee Filer-generated Remittance

Voucher Form 159-E – see

for full instructions.)

Corrections to ITSP Worksheet

After logging into Fee Filer, you will have an opportunity to edit your pre-completed ITSP

worksheet. Upon completion of your edits, you will have an opportunity to pay electronically or

generate a Form 159-E “Remittance Advice” voucher which you can use to mail in along with your

payment. PLEASE NOTE: Please note that if you revise your Form 159-W worksheet, it is your

responsibility to file a revised 499-A form with USAC. Until this revised 499-A form is filed with

USAC, the Commission will continue to use the 499-A form upon which the regulatory fee bill was

created as the official regulatory fee amount due.

De Minimis Fee Exemption (Less Than $10): If your ITSP regulatory fee amount due is under

$10, you may not be required to pay. Please review your information on the 159-W worksheet to

ensure that the data used to calculate the fee amount is correct. If the data is correct and your total

regulatory fee obligation, including your ITSP fee and all other FCC regulatory fees obligations that

you may have, is less than $10, then you do not owe any FCC regulatory fees for 2011. If that is the

case, you do not need to respond to the Commission regarding your ITSP regulatory fee.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Question 1. What is the FCC Form 499-A Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet?

As required under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,

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 Congressional

directed objectives, contributions are collected from all telecommunications carriers providing

interstate telecommunications and certain other providers of telecommunications. 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-A Telecommunications

Reporting Worksheet.

The FCC 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

Question 2. Which companies must file an FCC Form 499-A?

47 U.S.C. §§151, 225, 251, 254.

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, CC Docket No. 98-171, Report and Order, 14 FCC Rcd 16602 (1999) (Contributor Reporting

Requirements Order).

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