Understanding taxes and surcharges

These fees are often mandated at the state, local and federal levels and appear in the taxes and other charges section of your bill.

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Taxes and surcharges

Access Recovery Charge (ARC)

A monthly fee authorized by the FCC that allows local telephone companies to offset a portion of the costs tied to providing access to their local networks to help keep the cost of local service affordable.

Additional state taxes

State-specific taxes that vary by state.

City tax

Taxes collected for City Governments to cover telecommunications equipment, installation, maintenance and more.

Emergency service fee for 911

State-law mandated fee covering the cost of 911 emergency response services. Frontier collects and pays to 911 jurisdictions.

Federal carrier cost recovery charge

Costs associated with various federal regulatory fees and programs.

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