Utah Increases the Prepaid Wireless 911 Service Change to 2.45%

April 3, 2017

Jon Whitson

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Sovos

This blog was last updated on June 26, 2021

Utah has recently enacted legislation which will increase the Prepaid Wireless 911 Service Charge from 1.90% to 2.45% effective July 1, 2017. The legislation also further increases the Prepaid Wireless 911 Service Charge to 3.30% on January 1, 2018. Sellers are required to collect the Prepaid Wireless 911 Service Charge on all sales of prepaid wireless service and minutes. Sellers must remit the collection of such charges to the State Tax Commission.

Jon Whitson

Jon Whitson is a Junior Regulatory Counsel at Sovos. Within Sovos' Regulatory Analysis function, his main areas of focus are indirect taxation and consumption taxes in the US. Jon earned his JD and MBA from Northeastern University and his undergraduate degree from the University of Hartford. Prior to joining Sovos, he worked with State Street Bank & Trust, Verisk Health and Alere. Jon is an active member of the Massachusetts bar.

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