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Guide To Surcharges, Taxes, Fees and Assessments

We've prepared the following guide to help you understand many of the taxes, surcharge, fees and assessments you might see on your Integra invoice.

See Integra's Statement on Taxation and Surcharges »

Governmental Charges

Integra collects these charges on behalf of the governmental entities that impose them. All of these charges may not apply, or have the same name, in your state.

 Charge  Definition
Universal Service Fund (USF) The USF fee is a charge collected by telecommunications carriers for federal and state funds that support the provision of affordable communications services to rural, isolated, and high-cost regions of the country; low-income residential consumers; schools, libraries, and rural health care. All communications companies (including local, long distance, cellular, and paging providers) contribute to the Federal Universal Service Fund.
Telecommunications Assistance Program (TAP) or "Lifeline" The TAP charge funds a "Lifeline" program that is administered pursuant to a state rule that provides a credit to be applied against the recurring monthly rate for provisioning local residential service to eligible residential customers.

A fixed rate has been determined to fund this program and is charged to all business and residential customers by all local exchange carriers in the state.
Telephone Assistance for the Communications Impaired Person (TACIP) The TACIP is the result of programs administered in accordance with state rules that provide for the distribution of communication devices to eligible communications-impaired persons. It is also used to create and maintain a message relay service.

Local exchange carriers operating in most states apply this charge to all business and residential customers' lines. This charge may also include or be referred to as the Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) or the State Disabled Telephone Users Fund.
E911 Emergency System Charge The E911 surcharge funds community 911 emergency telephone systems.
Taxes and Fees Integra Telecom collects federal, state, and local taxes and other fees and surcharges levied on communications providers or the sale of goods and services on behalf of the government entities that impose these charges. These include, but are not limited to, sales taxes and municipal franchise fees. These taxes and fees vary by state and local jurisdiction.