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Home My WebLink About20150917Application.pdfTO:ldaho Puo-.lic Utilltles Commission (,!PUC') 47 2 W, Washlngton Street Boise, lD 83702 Grace Seaman, Utllltles Analyst Mike W. Mccoy, Wce Presldent - Taxes Vdrlzon Wreless One Vedzon,PlAoe Attentio nl Tax D epartment Alpharettai GA30004 9/15/15 lda h d RSA.3 :Umlted.PartnerSll n - FEIN ;,5&191888:l &u R-T-tslt_- verizon/ ATTN: FROM: Date: Re:' 2014ldaho ErcAflbhrid,ftutirtfi ent lliwstrneni,C.rfOtt{tdanp Form 88}, lntroductlon ldaho RSA 3 Llmtted Partnership; an Operatlngentltyof theVerizon Wlreless ('VzW') business divlsion; ls submlttingthe followlng aBpllcatlon to the,ldaho Publlc Utllities commisslon ('PUC') for qualification of broadband equlpment ln accordance wlth Procedural Order No. 28784 (aftached), ln order to clalm the Broadband Equipmentlnvestrnent Tax Credit (ldaho Form 68) forcapital asset additions ln 2014. 1, Applicantlnformatlon Verizon Wreless ('VzWtl a dlvlsion of Verlzon Communlcations, lnc. (t'Verlzon"), is the targest wireless t0lecommunlcations provlder ln the Unlted States, provldingwlreless services to over 133 milllon subscrlbers. VzW ls also one of the largesttelecommunlcatlon and wlreless service caniers ln ldaho. The company desi(ns, builds and operates Slobal networks, information systems and moblle technologies. Questions regardlng thls application and lts content should be directed to: Tom Florino Ernst & Young LLP Tom.Florino@e)/.com 212-773-6436 0r ": lr). I Ir i i(i' I I llVerizon Wireless - ldaho Broadband Equiprnent l-ax Credit Nick McGuirl Ernst & Young LLP Nlck.mcguirl@ey.com 272.773-2591 2. Locatlon of Broadband Equlpment, Please refer to the attached 2014 capltal asset addlffon sch€dule. 3. Descrlotion of Broadbdnd SeMces. Vedzon Wlreiess (VztV') offers many mdbile technologles oyer lts Wlretess broadband network, lncludln$ but not llmlted to:v,olce serylces, data servises, text and plcture messaging, Iocation- based serulces, orrer-th*alr:downloadable appll,irationg, Ildeo,on:demandi arrd,push-to.talk-(PCI. VzW uses GoMA2000 (0ode Dlvlslon Mul[ple Aecess) tochnology to support LTE for 4G voice and broadband data, ln addltlon to three othef generatlp-ns oJ QDMA-based eellular network technologles (2G volce and {.atqr2;50volbe and dathnand 3.G data). 4. Broadband NetworkTransmlsslon Bates Verlzon Wlieless{u\trW{ Iiba-tlb-Snd ne&ufihhfiastfupture has data trbnirxlssiort rates.of b.et-teen $00K and eU bits pef,sqBo,nd fo-rrsulisdllDerdoUnlodilr,(reciiiuolAn{ uploads (qend). Thls farge exCeeds the rate of'at le"ast 200,0ti'0 bitsper second to a ssbscrlber'(doWnloadlrecelveland:at least 125,000 bits persecond from a subscrlber(uptoad/send), required understatute (ldaho Code g 63.30291). 5. Llstof Qualifled Broadband Equlpment :Please refer to the attae hed 2014 eapltal asset addltlon schedule. 6. Instaltatlon Dates . Qualifled Broadband rE0ulpm€nt Please refer to the attached 2014 capltal asset addiUon schedule. 7. Descriptlon of Eroidband Equipment/ Network ldaho RSA 3 Limited Partnership, an operating entity of the Verizon Wireless ('VzW") business divlslon, has 50 asset additions totaling $75,945.05 in20t4 that are "qualified broadband equipment," which is eligible forthe 3% Broadband Equlpment lnvestmentTax Credit (ldaho Form 68) under ldaho Code S 63-30291. This quallfied broadband equipment directly facilitates data transmission to and from servlce subscrlbers and is lntegralto the broadband network. The total 2014 tax credit claim is $2,278,35. Please see below and attached for fufther detall. 2lVerizon Wireless - Idaho Broadband EqLripmerri Tax Credit Row Labels i:ll Count of CATEG0BY sum of cost Sum of 3% TAX CREDIT l:ildaho BSA 3 LP s 75e4s.05 $ 2,278,35 Ampl ifier - Data Transmission Antenna Equlp - Data Transmlsslon Cable - Data Transmission Card Devlce.- Data Transmls-Slon El e ctrl ca I Eq u ip n\ent,,. B roadband Netwo.r:k Power Device - Data Transmlislon' Telecoqm Hardw?rC* Dgta I n{miss.lon Transmitter - Slgnal Data Transmlsslon I $ 5 5 $ s 5 s, 2$4$es1s 3,$ 24$354s 468s.32 678.94 1,101.10 24437 \57;74 40,i}16.89 788,57 27,476,68 ,140.56 : 20,51;. 33.03 l 7.21,: 4,71i L,224,51 23.66. i 8243b : 8i EroadbandNetwqrk,$ubscilbeR A. % and # of potential ldaho subscrlbers that could be sewed by the network:r lqo% otqi! suhsqdbers B. % hnd # ol poteiiUil noridA-hosrb'sodFen that cguld b,e,seryed I thenetworki. thete als no non ldaho,crstomors thatcoulil be sen dd ryltli theFmadband equlpment placed ln servlco; 9. Shtement Certifytng Qualtflcatjon olFllglblelrpad-band Fgulpment Verizon Wreless ("VzW) has reilewed theappli0able statutes'and regulatlons and hereby certifies thatthe attached 2014 capital asset addltlort schedute contalns'qualifled broadband equlpmenti' that qualifies for the Broadband Equlpftent lnvestmentTax Credlt (ldaho Form 68) under ldaho Code $ 63.30291. Signed rra r-*ro"y4/._ffi( ? Date: 1/ ,1-!,; \ 3lVerizon Wireless - lcl aho Broadband Equil-rntetrt Tax Credit ALL Verizon Wireless ("VzW") Operating Entities 2014 ldaho Qualified Broadband Equipment Qualified Asset Summa ry Eq*:rite"| Cellco Partnership 1,46t s 2,998,116.60 $89,943.50 Antenna Equip - Data Transmission Broadband Router - Data Transmission Cable - Data Transmission Card Device - Data Transmission CellTower - Data Transmission Electrical Equipment - Broadband Network GPS Receiver - Data Transmission Hardware - Data Transmission Microwave Equipment - Data Transmission Power Device - Data Transmission Radio Frequency Device - Data Transmission Remote Terminal Unit - Data Transmission Signal Filter - Data Transmission Switch Module - Data Transmission Telecomm Equip - Data Transmission Transmitter - Signal Data Transmission Cellular lnc Network Corp L74 s ggg,szs.3z s58 $ 47,7t5.23 s 280 5 345,252.37 S 65 s tZZ,t5q.80 s 38 s 133,363.52 s 19 s 1,529.99 s2s3s4.00 s 23 s 200,842.00 s 73 s gg,zg6.ot s 223 s gZt,gS0.+O s L20 s SOO,+St.tt s 13 s 143,160.50 s 175 s tez,stg.gt s5 s 75,234.56 s5 s 7,956.25 s t76 s 567,916.13 s 595 s 1,052,085.77 s 77,687.26 7,43L.46 L0,357.57 3,664.64 4,000.91 45.90 L0.52 6,025.26 L,L47.08 9,655.69 15,013.53 4,294.92 4,875.55 457.04 238.69 L7,037.48 31,562.57 Amplifier - Data Transmission Antenna Equip - Data Transmission Broadband Router - Data Transmission Cable - Data Transmission Card Device - Data Transmission CellTower - Data Transmission Electrical Equipment - Broadband Network Microwave Equipment - Data Transmission Power Device - Data Transmission Radio Frequency Device - Data Transmission Signal Amplification Device - Data Transmission Switch Device - Data Communication Telecomm Hardware - Data Transmission Transmitter - Signal Data Transmission ldaho 5 Clark RSA LP 19 S 27,989.89 S 94 $ 9+,tl2.l+ s2 s 1,994.89 s 17t s ge,ogg.6z s 72 s 25,095.55 s1 s 4,489.97 s4t s s,+gg.sg s6 s 1,593.73 s 150 5 479,463.29 S5 s 15,941.09 s4 s 29,806.93 s2sto4.4o s 44 s 17,064.15 s 45 s gto,0gt.zz s L,364 $ 2,377-,003,77 $ 839.70 2,825.t9 59.85 L,742.66 752,87 134.70 L64.96 50.81 14,383.90 478.23 894.21 3.13 511.92 9,320.45 71,130.11 Amplifier - Data Transmission Antenna Equip - Data Transmission Eroadband Router - Data Transmission Cable - Data Transmission Card Device - Data Transmission Cell Site Hardware - Data Transmission CellTower - Data Transmission Electrical Equipment - Broadband Network Power Device - Data Transmission Radio Frequency Device - Data Transmission Signal Amplification Device - Data Transmission Switch Device - Data Communication Telecomm Equip - Data Transmission Telecomm Hardware - Data Transmission Transmitter - Signal Data Transmission ldaho RSA 2 LP 42 s 58,382.22 s 235 s 213,033.70 s1s987.8s s 383 s 100,905.85 s 52 5 L03,442.25 S1 s 72,826.49 s8 s 85,918.81 s 87 s 21,950.20 s 32t s ggg,sgz.sz s2 s 6,553.49 s1 s 6,549.93 $3S 1s5.50 s5 5 5,119.73 S 96 s 45,425.09 s L27 $ 727,144,03 s 28L $ 404,269.62 s L,75t.47 5,391.01 29.64 3,027.L8 3,103.27 384,79 2,577.56 658.51 29,657.93 196.90 196.50 4.70 153.59 L,362.75 2!,634.32 L2,L28,49 Antenna Equip - Data Transmission Cable - Data Transmission Card Device - Data Transmission Cell Site Hardware - Data Transmission CellTower - Data Transmission Electrical Equipment - Eroadband Network Power Device - Data Transmission Telecomm Hardware - Data Transmission Transmitter - Signal Data Transmission ldaho RSA 3 LP 39 S Sl,t62.qq S 55 s 12,736.86 s3 s 1,430.59 s1 s 72,826.49 s1 s 4,145.33 s 33 s +,99+.05 s 110 s 203,581.94 s 19 s 9,S22.80 s 19 s gg,+69.02 s 50 $ 75,945.05 s L,714.87 382.11 42.92 384.79 t24.36 131.82 5,L07.46 255.58 2,984,07 2,278.35 Amplifier - Data Transmission Antenna Equip - Data Transmission 2s4s 4,685.32 s 678.94 s 140.56 20.37 1of 3 ALL Verizon Wireless ("VzW") Operating Entities 2014 ldaho Qualified Broadband Equipment Qualified Asset Summary [gry l"letiri'1,]ir,l,,ir,,'ifiliffim Cable - Data Transmission Card Device - Data Transmission Electrical Equipment - Broadband Network Power Device - Data Transmission Telecomm Hardware - Data Transmission Transmitter - Signal Data Transmission Verizon Wireless (VAW) LLC 9 S 1,101.10 S1 s 240.37 s3 s ts7.74 s 24 s 40,816.89 s3 s 788.67 s4 s 27,476.68 s 4,572 $ 9,863,489.83 $ 33.03 7.2t 4.77 !,224.5t 23.66 824.30 295,904.59 Amplifier - Data Transmission Antenna Equip - Data Transmission Broadband Router - Data Transmission Cable - Data Transmission Card Device - Data Transmission Cell Site Hardware - Data Transmission Cell Tower - Data Transmission Electrical Equipment - Broadband Network GPS Receiver - Data Transmission Hardware - Data Transmission Microwave Equipment - Data Transmission Power Device - Data Transmission Radio Frequency Device - Data Transmission Remote Terminal Unit - Data Transmission Signal Amplification Device - Data Transmission Signal Filter - Data Transmission Switch Device - Data Communication Switch Module - Data Transmission Telecomm Equip - 4GILTE Data Telecomm Equip - Data Transmission Telecomm Hardware - Data Transmission Transmitter - Sisnal Data Transmission !25 s 178,833.25 s 625 s ggg,gtz.g6 s 44 s +O,Zeg.gg s L,367 5 1.,358,097.85 S 152 s 361,310.61 s 11 s 138,178.83 s 53 s 463,889.91 s 185 5 32,20+.t3 S6 s 1,239.00 s 87 s 784,098.00 s 81 s 37,498.86 s 944 5 2,042,390.47 S 73 s 185,121.56 s 11 s 39,028.30 s3 s 24,967.87 s 20 s ts,0zz.so s3 s 1s6.60 s4 s 54,751.73 s2 s 4,277.72 s 10 $ 26,652.32 s 233 5 280,425.04 S 532 s Z,gtO,tgg.s+ s 5,365.00 26,499.54 7,222.20 40,742,94 L0,839.32 4,1,45.36 13,9l.5.70 981.14 37.77 23,522.94 L,t24.97 61,,277,7L 5,553.65 1,170.85 748.86 468.83 4.70 L,642.53 128.33 799.57 8,4L2.75 87,305.65 Grand Total, SUBTOTAL: Cellco Partnership and Verlzonrltlfileless (VAW) ttC {Dilrcgal{edl$n!i!V} Cellco Partnership Verizon Wireless (VAW) LLC (Disregarded Entity) no*,f.U"ti ,,." 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CASE NO. GNR-T-01.10 ORDER NO. 28784 Earlier this year the Legislature enacted and the Governor signed House Bill 377 authorizing income tax credits for the installation of qualiffing broadband infrastructure in Idaho. Idaho Code $ 63-30298(3XaXii). In particular, Section 63-3029I allows a taxpayer to receive an investment tax credit for eligible broadband equipment installed between January 1, 2001 and December 31,2005. "Qualified broadband equipment" is defined as those network facilities capable of transmitting signals that are at a rate of at least 200,000 bits per seconds (bps) to a subscriber and at least 125,000 bps from a subscriber. Idaho Code $ 63-30291(3)(b). To be eligible for the tax credit, the taxpayer must apply and obtain "from the Idaho public utilities commission an order confirming that installed equipment is qualified broadband equipment." Idaho Code $ 63- 3029I(4). This section also provides that the Commission "may issue procedural orders necessary to implement this section." 1d. PROCEDURAL HISTORY On June 14, 2001, the Commission issued a Proposed Order to implement its responsibilities under the broadband tax credit statute. IDAPA 31.01.01.312. The Proposed Order identified information that should be contained in an application to determine whether the installed equipment is "qualified" broadband equipment. Persons interested in commenting on the Proposed Order were invited to submit written comments no later than July 5,2001. The Commission receivetl two comments.l ' On June 28, 2001, Avista Corrntunications petitioned to intervene in this matter. Although it filed no cornments, Avista's Petition was granted in a separate Order. ORDER NO. 28784 THE COMMENTS Verizon Norlhwest and Qwest Corporation each filed brief comments. In its comrnents, Verizon "applaud[ed] the Commission's efforts to inrplement House BiU 377 and believes that this should help to speed deployment of broadband infrastructure in Idaho." Verizon recommended that information filed in response to paragraph Nos. 7 and 8 be considered as confidential information. Items 7 and 8 provide: 7. Provide a written description (including basic schematics or general drawings) of the relevant broadband network including a description of how the installed equipment is "an integral part" of a broadband network. 8. Quantifo the percentage and number of potential Idaho subscribers that could be served with the broadband equipment and the percentage and number of non-Idaho subscribers that will be/could be served by the broadband network. Proposed Order at 2. In its comments, Qwest agreed that "the information described in the Proposed Order is appropriate for determination of whether equipment is qualified broadband equipment." Qwest Comments at 1. In particular, Qwest agreed with Item No. 4 in the Proposed Order which requires an application to state the ransmission rate of the broadband network. The Company stated that its understanding of the phrase "qualified broadband equipment" includes items that are necessary and integral for the broadband network to operate, but which are not part of the actual transmission of the signal. Thus, Qwest agrees that an application should set out the transmission rate for the network, and that the transmission rate does not apply to specific items of equipment. Qwest Comments at 2 (emphasis added). DISCUSSION To implement our rcsponsibilities undcr the broadband tax credit, thc Comn,ission f'inds that it is appropriate to issue a procedural order regarding broadband equipnient applications. Both comments supported adoption of a procedural order. Tuming to Verizon's comments. w'e believe the Commission's existing Rules of Procedure provide appropriate protection for trade secret information contained in materials submitted to the Commission. See Rnle 67.03, IDAPA 31.01.01 .067.03. As for Qw'est's comnrents, the Contntission anrends Item ORDER NO 28784 No. 4 to reflect that it is the netr,r'ork of broadband equipment that must satisfy the transmission rates set out in ldaho Code $ 63-30291(3Xb). Applicants shall subrnit the following infbrmation in applications rvhen seeking an Order whether installed equiprnent is "qualified" broadband equipment. 1.Name and address of applicant including the contact person in the event there are questions regarding the application and its content. Indicate whether the applicant is a telecommunications carrier, a commercial mobile service carrier, a cable or open video operator, a satellite carrier, or other type of wireless carrier. Identify the area or location where the equipment is installed in Idaho. Describe the type of broadband service(s) offered to the public in Idaho. 4. State the network transmission rate in bits per second at which subscribers to the relevant broadband network can receive and send (download and upload). Provide a specific list of the equipment or types of equipment that the applicant is requesting that the Commission determine is "qualified broadband equipment" as defined in ldaho Code $ 63-3029I(3)(b). List the brand, manufacturer, model numbers, or other distinguishing features of the installed equipment. Provide the date(s) or time period(s) when the broadband equipment was installed in Idaho. 7. Provide a written description (including basic schematics or general drawings) of the relevant broadband network including a description of how the installed equripment is "an integral part" of a broadband network. Quantify the percentage and number of potential Idaho subscribers that could be served with the broadband equipment and the percentage and number of non-ldaho subscribers that will be/could be served by the broadband network. Enclose a statement certifying that the applicant has read the applicable statutes for broadband investment income tax credit and the applicant believes that the subject broadband equipment qualifies for the tax credit under ldaho Code $ 63-30291. 2. 3. 5. 6. 8. 9. ORDER NO. 28784 OIIDER IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that taxpayers submitting applications for the Commission to determine whether installed broadband equiprnent is eligible for the Idaho state tax credit must include the information set out in the body of this Order. THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order (or in issues finally decided by this Order) or in interlocutory Orders previously issued in this Case No. GNR-T-OI- l0 may petition for reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the service date of this Order with regard to any matter decided in this Order or in interlocutory Orders previously issued in this Case No. GNR-T-01-10. Within seven (7) days after any person has petitioned for reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration. See ldaho Code $ 6l- 626. DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this I l# day of July 2001. ATTEST: bls/O:gnrt0l I 0_dh2 ORDER NO. 28784 ER, PRESIDENT MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER MISSIONER