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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) There is imposed on each consumer or paying retail subscriber who has telecommunications service or interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol service, with access to the emergency communications system a tax equal to 75 cents per month or, for prepaid wireless telecommunications service, 75 cents per retail transaction. The tax must be applied on a telecommunications circuit designated for a particular consumer or subscriber. One consumer or subscriber line must be counted for each circuit that is capable of generating usage on the line side of the switched network regardless of the quantity or ownership of customer premises equipment connected to each circuit. For providers of central office based services, the tax must be applied to each line that has unrestricted connection to the switched network. Those central office based service lines that have restricted connection to the switched network must be charged based on software design in the central office that restricts the number of station calls to and from the network. For cellular, wireless or other common carriers, the tax applies to a subscriber on a per instrument basis and only if the subscriber's place of primary use, as defined under 4 U.S.C. 124, is within this state.
(2) The consumer or subscriber is liable for the tax imposed by this section.
(3) The amounts of tax collected by the provider or seller are considered as payment by the consumer or subscriber for that amount of tax.
(4) The tax imposed under this section, as it applies to prepaid wireless telecommunications service, shall be collected by the seller from the consumer with respect to each retail transaction occurring in this state. The amount of the tax shall be separately stated on an invoice, receipt or other similar document that the seller provides to the consumer, or shall be otherwise disclosed to the consumer.
(5) For purposes of this section, a retail transaction:
(a) Occurs in this state if it is made in person by a consumer at a business location of the seller;
(b) If not made in person by a consumer at a business location of the seller, occurs in this state if the consumer's shipping address, payment instrument billing address, or other address provided by the consumer for purposes of the transaction, is in this state; or
(c) If insufficient information exists to determine whether paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection is accurate, occurs in this state if the consumer's prepaid wireless telephone number is associated with an Oregon location.
(6) Any return made by the provider or seller collecting the tax must be accepted by the Department of Revenue as evidence of payments by the consumer or subscriber of amounts of tax so indicated upon the return.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Military Affairs; Emergency Services § 403.200 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-32-military-affairs-emergency-services/or-rev-st-sect-403-200/
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