Please be reminded of the upcoming due dates for the
Reports listed below:
Form 499-Q: Quarterly Telecommunications Reporting
Worksheet
Carriers providing interstate and international telecommunications
that are required to contribute to federal universal service
support mechanisms must report their revenues for each calendar
quarter by filing Form 499-Q with the Universal Service
Administrative Company (USAC) on a quarterly basis.
The next Form 499-Q is due November 1,
2021 and must be submitted electronically using
USAC's E-File system. A contributor must file a
revised Form 499-Q within 45 calendar days of the November 1
deadline (or the next business day thereafter) if it discovers an
error in the data it reported.
The November Form 499-Q filing covers historical end user revenue
data for July 1 through September 30 of the current year and
projected end user and wholesale data for January 1 through March 1
of the next year.
Note that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) actively
enforces the Form 499-Q filing and accompanying Universal Service
Fund (USF) contribution requirement, and may impose monetary
penalties for failure to file or make timely USF
contributions.
Quarterly Prepaid Calling Card Provider USF Contribution
Certification – 47 CFR 64.5001
Section 64.5001 of the FCC's rules requires prepaid calling
card providers to submit a certification, on a quarterly basis,
confirming that the provider is contributing to the Universal
Service Fund. The certification requirement does not apply to a
prepaid calling provider that timely filed annual and quarterly
Forms 499-A and 499-Q in the prior two years.
The fourth quarter PIU certification must cover the prior quarter
ending September 30, 2021. Certifications can be filed in the
FCC's electronic comment filing system (ECFS) and must
reference WC Docket No. 05-68.
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