15-53-138. Rural telephone cooperatives and rural electric cooperatives -- subject to excise tax. (1) Rural telephone cooperatives or rural electric cooperatives providing retail telecommunications services in an area served by an incumbent local exchange carrier, as defined in 69-3-803, that is not a cooperative shall collect the retail telecommunications excise tax imposed by this part from customers in the incumbent local exchange carrier's service area.
(2) An incumbent local exchange carrier that is not a cooperative providing retail telecommunications services in an area served by a rural telephone cooperative is not required to collect the retail telecommunications excise tax imposed by this part from customers in the rural telephone cooperative service area.
History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 426, L. 1999.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 53. Retail Telecommunications Excise Tax
15-53-107. through 15-53-110 reserved
15-53-116. through 15-53-125 reserved
15-53-128. Legislative findings and declaration of purpose
15-53-130. Imposition of retail telecommunications excise tax -- rate
15-53-131. Mobile telecommunications services
15-53-132. Telecommunications services other than mobile telecommunications services
15-53-133. and 15-53-134 reserved
15-53-135. Separate statement of tax -- no advertising to absorb or refund tax
15-53-136. Multistate exemption
15-53-137. Application for permission to report on accrual basis
15-53-138. Rural telephone cooperatives and rural electric cooperatives -- subject to excise tax
15-53-139. Return required of telecommunications services providers
15-53-140. Credit for taxes paid on worthless account -- taxes paid if account collected
15-53-141. through 15-53-144 reserved
15-53-145. Deficiency assessment -- review -- interest -- penalty
15-53-146. Credit for overpayment -- interest on overpayment
15-53-147. Penalty and interest for delinquency -- waiver
15-53-148. Estimation of tax upon failure to file return -- notice
15-53-149. Warrant for distraint
15-53-150. Statute of limitations
15-53-151. through 15-53-154 reserved