Fund Administration
About Fund Administration:
- Fund Adminstration Overview
- Purpose of the Universal Service Fund
- How the Universal Service Fund Works
- Universal Service Fund Program Integrity
- Understanding Audits
Fund Administration Tools:
Collections: Types of Payments
USAC collects and disburses funds for the federal Universal Service Fund (USF). Companies that make regular payments to the USF are called "Contributors." Companies that receive disbursements from the USF are called either "Service Providers" or "Applicants".
Below is a list of the types of payments that are owed to USAC and companies may be required to send a payment to USAC due to various types of fund recoveries. You can click on the link to get more information about this type of payment and how to send it so USAC can apply it correctly to your account.
Type of Payment |
Applicable to |
Description |
Contributors |
Monthly USAC invoice to Contributors based on FCC Form 499. |
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Service Providers |
Payments by service provider finding that disbursements by USAC should be returned to USF. |
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Service Providers - High Cost, Low Income, Schools & Libraries |
Payments to USAC resulting from true-up of projected vs. actual support claimed, or when company revises previous support claims. |
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Service Providers/Applicants - Rural Health Care, Schools & Libraries ONLY |
Return of payments where USAC discovers error in funding commitment during review due to audits, appeals, whistleblower calls, etc. |
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Contributors |
Companies in bankruptcy that have USF obligations should mail them directly to USAC. |
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Contributors |
Companies in bankruptcy that have USF obligations should mail them directly to the Lockbox. |
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Contributors |
For companies that have been approved to pay their fund obligations on an installment basis (payment plan). |
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Contributors |
For more information on appeals. |
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Forms 498/471 |
Service Providers |
Form more information, go to the Schools & Libraries Returning Funds to USAC page. |
Contributors |
Balances owed to USF that are transferred to the FCC for further collections after balance becomes 90 plus days delinquent. |
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Contributors |
Invoices from the FCC for balances owed payable to and mailed to the FCC. |
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Contributors |
These are not federal USF payments to USAC. See your state regulatory commission for information. |
