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June 2008
As a Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) providing telephone service in Maryland, the Maryland Public Service Commission requires your company
to remit $.20 per subscriber land line to the State Comptroller of the Treasury. The purpose of this surcharge is to fund and underwrite
the expenses associated with the operation and maintenance of the State’s telecommunications relay service and the equipment distribution
program. The surcharge is required of all subscribers of switched local exchange access service.
The present surcharge is $.20 per access land line per month, an amount that has been in place since August 1997. [The
current cap on the Maryland surcharge is $.45 per access land line per month.] CENTREX lines are assessed on a 6.5:1 ratio, and PBX
systems are assessed per number of trunk lines at $.20 per trunk line per month. The fee should be described as UNIVERSAL SERVICE
FEE on the subscribers’ telephone bills. Your company’s monthly remittance is required by the 15th of the month for the
previous month of service. Example – for service in June 2008, the remittance is due July 15, 2008.
As a collection agent, you are entitled to a credit against the proceeds in an amount equal to 1.5 percent to offset your company’s expenses
related to surcharge billing, collecting and remitting.
There is a new worksheet that is required to accompany your remittance check and should replace any former form you may have
been using. Be sure to complete it accurately and include it with the check when mailing it to the Comptroller of the Treasury.
For the new worksheet for USTF remittance, click here.
The mailing address is:
State of Maryland
Comptroller of the Treasury
P.O. Box 207
Annapolis, MD 21404-0207
If you need more information about the USTF remittance in Maryland, please contact Maryland Relay Customer Service at 1-800-552-7724.
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Access Numbers:
7-1-1
(in Maryland)
1-800-201-7165
(voice)
1-800-735-2258
(TTY/HCO)
1-888-VCO-WORD
(1-888-826-9673)
1-877-258-9854
(two line VCO)
1-877-735-5151
(for ASCII)
1-800-785-5630
(for Speech to Speech)
1-800-877-1264
(Spanish)
Telecommunications Access of Maryland (TAM) Customer Service: (Voice/tty)
• 1-800-552-7724
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