Each telecommunications carrier subject to gross receipts taxes under this chapter shall make and file with the tax commissioner, on or before May first of each year, on the form as the tax commissioner may prescribe, a report containing a statement of its gross receipts in this state during the preceding calendar year, amounts paid by the carrier on telecommunications service that is taxable under this chapter during the preceding calendar year in state and local sales and use taxes and federal excise taxes, amounts received from or paid to another telecommunications carrier for directory assistance, and any other information as the tax commissioner may require. The form must include a notice of a telecommunications carrier’s right to appeal its assessment to the state board of equalization prior to or at the August meeting of the state board of equalization. Each report must be signed, subject to section 12.1-11-02, by the president, secretary, or other official of the telecommunications carrier.