20240814News Release.pdf

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Case No. FIL-T-24-01
Order No. 36289
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail: adam.rush(&puc.idaho.gov
NEWS RELEASE: Commission approves telecommunications company's application asking
that equipment be recognized as qualified broadband equipment.
BOISE (Aug. 14, 2024)—The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has approved an application
from Filer Mutual Telephone Company that designates equipment it installed in 2023 is qualified
broadband equipment.
Idaho code allows a taxpayer to receive an income tax credit for having installed qualified
broadband equipment during a calendar year. Before the taxpayer is eligible for the tax credit, it
must apply to the public utilities commission for an order confirming the equipment is qualified
broadband equipment as defined in the statute.
The statute states that the equipment is capable of transmitting signals at a rate of at least
200,000 bits per second to a subscriber and at least 125,000 bits per second from a subscriber,
and is primarily used to provide services in Idaho to public subscribers. In the case of a
telecommunications carrier, qualifying equipment shall be necessary to the provision of
broadband service and shall also be an integral part of a broadband network.
Additional information is available at: puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/7308.