VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?
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https://www.puc.texas.gov/consumer/phone/Service.aspx
An excerpt read...
The biggest advantage of VoIP service over traditional phone service is price, if you already have a broadband connection such as digital cable or DSL. Additionally, because VoIP is a largely unregulated "information service," VoIP providers currently do not have to pay connection fees to transport long distance calls or other fees that get tacked on to traditional phone service bills, making VoIP service cheaper by comparison
I wander if this is a shill tax/fee industry where the guys at the top are just pocketing the fees. Some PBX players have real coppoer in the ground at interconnects, which does cost more and more each year. Maybe resulting in bills like @Mike-Davis has.
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@bigbear said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
https://www.puc.texas.gov/consumer/phone/Service.aspx
An excerpt read...
The biggest advantage of VoIP service over traditional phone service is price, if you already have a broadband connection such as digital cable or DSL. Additionally, because VoIP is a largely unregulated "information service," VoIP providers currently do not have to pay connection fees to transport long distance calls or other fees that get tacked on to traditional phone service bills, making VoIP service cheaper by comparison
I wander if this is a shill tax/fee industry where the guys at the top are just pocketing the fees. Some PBX players have real coppoer in the ground at interconnects, which does cost more and more each year. Maybe resulting in bills like @Mike-Davis has.
Keep in mind that VoIP applies to things that don't touch the PSTN, too.
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So like using Google Hangouts, that's VoIP. And it never touches the PSTN. And it is completely tax free. A VoIP call that hits the PSTN stops being a VoIP call, so gets taxed when it becomes part of the PSTN.
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Right, and yet we've never got a bill for using the Hangouts feature of calling a land line. So either Google pays the tax directly (likely) or, actually thats whats going on.
The big issue I am running into is I have found good customer base for selling just the voice platform, which is really what I want. However, they want to bring theyre trunks and bill the customer direct (which is fine) but another guy who I am taking some business from is giving a lot of pause over taxes.
Ironically, his own platform uses suretax I believe and charges huge fees that could easily be bypassed.
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Taxes, is exactly why I do not do anything more than help clients sign up for their own service.
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@bigbear said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
Right, and yet we've never got a bill for using the Hangouts feature of calling a land line.
I had no idea that that was a feature.
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@scottalanmiller said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
@bigbear said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
Right, and yet we've never got a bill for using the Hangouts feature of calling a land line.
I had no idea that that was a feature.
Just start a new chat, type a 10 digit number as the contact, hit send. The party getting the call sees "unkown"
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@bigbear said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
@scottalanmiller said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
@bigbear said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
Right, and yet we've never got a bill for using the Hangouts feature of calling a land line.
I had no idea that that was a feature.
Just start a new chat, type a 10 digit number as the contact, hit send. The party getting the call sees "unkown"
Interesting. I had no idea.
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@scottalanmiller said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
@bigbear said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
Right, and yet we've never got a bill for using the Hangouts feature of calling a land line.
I had no idea that that was a feature.
This I how I do 99% of my calling. Such a great features.
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@coliver said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
@scottalanmiller said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
@bigbear said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
Right, and yet we've never got a bill for using the Hangouts feature of calling a land line.
I had no idea that that was a feature.
This I how I do 99% of my calling. Such a great features.
I've not found Hangouts to be all that reliable, even for just Hangouts own calls.
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@scottalanmiller said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
@bigbear said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
Right, and yet we've never got a bill for using the Hangouts feature of calling a land line.
I had no idea that that was a feature.
Been around for 5 years at least.
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@jaredbusch said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
@scottalanmiller said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
@bigbear said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
Right, and yet we've never got a bill for using the Hangouts feature of calling a land line.
I had no idea that that was a feature.
Been around for 5 years at least.
I wish they'd quit messing with features. I used to use this all the time, but around a year ago it just quit working.
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Still working for me...
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@bigbear said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
I was gonna ask you if you had to time to strike out your personal info and send a screen shot of the actual charges and recovery fees etc.
PMed you one.
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@bigbear said in VoIP Taxes - Are you paying them?:
Still working for me...
Well, why does my phone refuse to connect a call with hangouts.... oh yeah.... Motorola, gr!
