This is a reminder of the upcoming deadline for filing the FCC Form 499-Q and supporting documentation. All non de minimis telecommunications carriers that provide interstate telecommunications services are required to file an FCC Form 499-Q Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet with the FCC on or before Monday, May 3, 2021 (since May 1 falls on a weekend this year). Carriers must provide revenue information for January 1 through March 31, 2021 and projections for July 1 through September 30, 2021.
As a reminder, the Universal Service Administration Company (“USAC”) made some minor modifications to the Form 499-Q filing requirements. Interconnected VoIP and CMRS providers that rely on a traffic study to report interstate revenues no longer need to include the traffic study in the quarterly reporting filing. However, these providers must save a copy of this study to submit them as documentation to report interstate and international jurisdictions on the FCC Form 499-A.
The form and filing instructions may be found at: https://www.usac.org/service-providers/contributing-to-the-usf/forms-to-file/. Additional helpful filing information may be found here: https://www.usac.org/wp-content/uploads/service-providers/documents/training/2020/2020-499Q-webinar-April-final.pdf.
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