Kansas Adds "Picture Messaging" and "Push-to-Talk" Services to List of Taxable Telecommunications Services

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

The Kansas Department of Revenue recently added “picture messaging” and “push-to-talk” services to their list of taxable telecommunications services in a “Questions and Answers” document issued by the Department on July 18, 2011. Note that these services were not previously listed among the taxable telecommunications services outlined by the Department in Kansas Department of Revenue Information Guide EDU-65 (July 21, 2010). The Department urges telecommunications service providers who are uncertain about the taxability of new telecommunications services to request a letter ruling issued by the Department addressing the taxability of these services.

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