Fund Administration
About Fund Administration:
- Fund Adminstration Overview
- How the Universal Service Fund Works
- Purpose of the Universal Service Fund
- Understanding Audits
Fund Administration Tools:
Estimated Revenue
USAC will estimate revenue if the Annual and Quarterly Telecommunications Reporting Worksheets (Form 499-A and Form 499-Q) are not received.
FCC rules require USAC to estimate revenue for all active companies that fail to file the Annual and Quarterly Telecommunications Reporting Worksheets (Form 499-A and 499-Q). Estimated revenue is handed off to the fund administrators to assess fees and obligations in the same manner as data filed on actual forms.
If a company attempts to file revenue after USAC has generated an estimate, that filed form will be treated under the same process as a revision, and may be rejected if the revision window has closed.
As Form 499-Q filings are only required for companies that are non-de minimis, USAC will notify companies for whom an estimate will result in change in status from de minimus to non-de minimis status. This gives the company the opportunity to file its own information so that the resulting billings will be as accurate as possible.
