Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge
Year Started
1977
What is Taxed?
Charges for intrastate telephone communication and Voice over the Internet Protocol (VoIP) services that provide access to the 911 emergency system
Who Pays?
Telephone users, paid through telephone service suppliers
Number of Registrants
475 as of June 30, 2010
Tax Rate
0.50% of charges for services
09-10 Revenues
$90.3 million
Revenue Change from 08-09
Down 16.2%
Fund Allocation
State Emergency Telephone Number Account – local entities operations of the 911 emergency system.
Citation of the Law