Montana Code Annotated
Part 1. General Provisions
15-53-138. Rural telephone cooperatives and rural electric cooperatives -- subject to excise tax

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

Montana Code Annotated

Title 15. Taxation

Chapter 53. Retail Telecommunications Excise Tax

Part 1. General Provisions

15-53-101. Repealed

15-53-102. Repealed

15-53-103. Repealed

15-53-104. Repealed

15-53-105. Repealed

15-53-106. Repealed

15-53-107. through 15-53-110 reserved

15-53-111. Repealed

15-53-112. Repealed

15-53-113. Repealed

15-53-114. Repealed

15-53-115. Repealed

15-53-116. through 15-53-125 reserved

15-53-126. Terminated

15-53-127. Short title

15-53-128. Legislative findings and declaration of purpose

15-53-129. Definitions

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

15-53-155. Administration -- rules

15-53-156. Retail telecommunications excise tax revenue