10-1-405. Collection of taxes by commission — Uniform interlocal agreement — Administrative charge — Rulemaking authority.
(1)
Subject to the other provisions of this section, the commission shall collect, enforce, and administer any municipal telecommunications license tax imposed under this part pursuant to:
customer: means the person who is obligated under a contract with a telecommunications provider to pay for telecommunications service received under the contract. See Utah Code 10-1-402
Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) Source: OCC
Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Municipal: means of or relating to a municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
Municipality: means a city, town, or metro township. See Utah Code 10-1-402
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
telecommunications provider: means a person that:
(i)
owns, controls, operates, or manages a telecommunications service; or
(ii)
engages in an activity described in Subsection (9)(a)(i) for the shared use with or resale to any person of the telecommunications service. See Utah Code 10-1-402
(a)
the same procedures used in the administration, collection, and enforcement of the state sales and use tax under:
except that for purposes of Section 59-1-1410, the term “person” may include a customer from whom a municipal telecommunications license tax is recovered in accordance with Subsection 10-1-403(2); and
(b)
a uniform interlocal agreement between the municipality that imposes the municipal telecommunications license tax and the commission:
that is developed by rule in accordance with Subsection (2)(b).
(2)
(a)
The uniform interlocal agreement described in Subsection (1) shall provide that the commission shall:
(i)
transmit money collected under this part monthly by electronic funds transfer by the commission to the municipality;
(ii)
conduct audits of the municipal telecommunications license tax;
(iii)
retain and deposit an administrative charge in accordance with Section 59-1-306 from revenues the commission collects from a tax under this part; and
(iv)
collect, enforce, and administer the municipal telecommunications license tax authorized under this part pursuant to the same procedures used in the administration, collection, and enforcement of the state sales and use tax as provided in Subsection (1)(a).
If a telecommunications provider pays a municipal telecommunications license tax to the commission, the telecommunications provider shall pay the municipal telecommunications license tax to the commission:
(a)
monthly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day of the previous month if:
(i)
the telecommunications provider is required to file a sales and use tax return with the commission monthly under Section 59-12-108; or
quarterly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day of the previous quarter if the telecommunications provider is required to file a sales and use tax return with the commission quarterly under Section 59-12-107.
(4)
If, on July 1, 2007, a municipality has in effect an ordinance that levies a municipal telecommunications license tax under this part at a rate that exceeds 3.5%:
(a)
except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), beginning on July 1, 2007, the commission shall collect the municipal telecommunications license tax:
(i)
within the municipality;
(ii)
at a rate of 3.5%; and
(iii)
from a telecommunications provider required to pay the municipal telecommunications license tax on or after July 1, 2007; and
(b)
the commission shall collect a municipal telecommunications license tax within the municipality at the rate imposed by the municipality if:
(i)
after July 1, 2007, the municipality has in effect an ordinance that levies a municipal telecommunications license tax under this part at a rate of up to 3.5%;
(ii)
the municipality meets the requirements of Subsection 10-1-403(3)(b) in changing the rate of the municipal telecommunications license tax; and
(iii)
a telecommunications provider is required to pay the municipal telecommunications license tax on or after the day on which the ordinance described in Subsection (4)(b)(ii) takes effect.
