Iowa Admin. Code r. 701—217.7(423) — General billing issues

This rule is specifically applicable to companies and other persons providing telecommunication service and ancillary service in this state. 217.7(1) Retailers liable for collecting and remitting tax. A retailer that sells taxable telecommunication service and ancillary service is liable for collecting and remitting the state sales or use tax and any applicable local sales tax on the amounts of the sales. 217.7(2) Billing date and tax period. A company that bills the company’s subscribers for telecommunication service on a quarterly, semiannual, annual, or any other periodic basis must include the amount of those billings in the company’s sales price. The date of the billing determines the period for which sales tax is remitted. For example, if the date of a billing is March 31, and the due date for payment of the bill without penalty is April 20, tax upon the sales price stated in the bill must be included in the sales tax return for the first quarter of the year. The same principle must be used to determine when tax will be included in payment of a sales tax deposit to the department. 217.7(3) Permitting business offices. A company must have a permit for each business office that provides telecommunication service in this state. The company must collect and remit tax upon the sales price of the operation of each office. 217.7(4) Credit. A taxpayer subject to sales or use tax on telecommunication service and ancillary service who has paid any legally imposed sales or use tax on such service to another jurisdiction outside the state of Iowa is allowed a credit against the sales or use tax imposed by the state of Iowa equal to the sales or use tax paid to the other taxing jurisdiction(s). 217.7(5) Direct pay permit not applicable to telecommunication services. The department may issue a direct pay permit that allows the holder to purchase tangible personal property or taxable services without payment of the tax to the seller. However, a direct pay permit holder cannot use the direct pay permit for the purchase of telecommunication services and ancillary services. The seller must charge and collect the sales or use tax from the purchaser on the taxable sales of telecommunication services and ancillary services. 217.7(6) Guaranteed amounts for coin-operated telephones. If a minimum amount is guaranteed to a company from the operation of any coin-operated telephone, tax is computed on the greater of the minimum amount guaranteed or the actual taxable sales price collected.