Montana § 15-53-138 Rural Telephone Cooperatives And Rural Electric Cooperatives -- Subject To Excise Tax

Montana Statutes

§ 15-53-138 — Rural Telephone Cooperatives And Rural Electric Cooperatives -- Subject To Excise Tax

Montana § 15-53-138

Title 15TAXATION

Ch. 53RETAIL TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXCISE TAX

Part 1General Provisions

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Mont. Code Ann. § 15-53-138 (2026).

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15-53-138 . Rural telephone cooperatives and rural electric cooperatives -- subject to excise tax.

(1)Rural telephone cooperatives or rural electric cooperatives providing retail telecommunications services in an area served by an incumbent local exchange carrier, as defined in 69-3-803 , that is not a cooperative shall collect the retail telecommunications excise tax imposed by this part from customers in the incumbent local exchange carrier's service area.

(2)An incumbent local exchange carrier that is not a cooperative providing retail telecommunications services in an area served by a rural telephone cooperative is not required to collect the retail telecommunications excise tax imposed by this part from customers in the rural telephone cooperative service area.

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15-53-138 . Rural telephone cooperatives and rural electric cooperatives -- subject to excise tax. (1) Rural telephone cooperatives or rural electric cooperatives providing retail telecommunications services in an area served by an incumbent local exchange carrier, as defined in 69-3-803 , that is not a cooperative shall collect the retail telecommunications excise tax imposed by this part from customers in the incumbent local exchange carrier's service area.
(2) An incumbent local exchange carrier that is not a cooperative providing retail telecommunications services in an area served by a rural telephone cooperative is not required to collect the retail telecommunications excise tax imposed by this part from customers in the rural telephone cooperative service area.