Understanding taxes and surcharges

Local telephone service and facilities tax that Frontier collects and pays directly to the IRS.

A fee paid by long-distance companies to local phone companies for each business line pre-subscribed to the long-distance service. It helps cover a portion of the costs in connecting your telephone line to the long-distance carrier. PICC is assessed per access line and may be passed on to customers by long-distance companies, replacing a higher per-minute charge with a flat-rate per-line fee, plus a lower charge per minute.

A regulated monthly charge established by the FCC to help local telephone companies offset a portion of the costs associated with the installation and maintenance of the telephone wire, poles, and other facilities that link your home to our network. While other local providers may refer to it by different names, most, if not all, charge this fee to cover network maintenance.

FCC-regulated charge that subsidizes local service to high-cost areas and low-income customers. Monthly, per-line surcharge helps keep local telephone rates affordable.

Funds Public Utility Commissions and other state services. Represents each consumer’s portion of that tax on revenue.

Supports maintenance and other costs associated with our network infrastructure and your continued access to high speed Internet service.

State-assessed charge partially reimburses telephone service providers for costs associated with routing their customers’ long distance calls.

A charge assessed by Frontier that covers a portion of the cost that is spent when government agencies require our network facilities to be relocated. For example, when new roads are established, or highways are widened we’re expected to move our facilities to meet the governmental project’s needs.

Local, state or other sales tax may be applied to your telecommunications charges, as it is for many other types of purchases.

Helps recover costs associated with development, implementation and operability of service.

Helps cover the cost Frontier pays to sports networks to deliver professional and collegiate sports programming in each local team’s territory.

Provides special-needs equipment, facilities and services for the deaf. This includes special phones, hearing devices, Braille pads, network switching equipment and specialized service center customers.

A combination of FCC regulatory charges, broadcast TV surcharges, and local franchise fees may be applied to your video or TV services.

Frontier imposes a fee to recover administrative and network maintenance costs.