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DAY 1 THE INCOMPAS SHOW
GSA has enabled a mobile carrier client
save hundreds of thousands of dollars
adapting its regulatory regimen from a
previous business model.
The GSA approach the carrier applied
supports a method for rating tax and calcu-
lating regulatory liabilities; the largest of them
being the federal Universal Service Fund (USF)
liability. Unfortunately for the carrier, assump-
tions regarding how its products should be
rated were based on antiquated resources.
GSA performed a three-level approach to
engagement with the carrier:
• First, GSA identified the methods by which
the carrier applied tax rating to its transac-
tions. This research provided details on how
efficient and accurate the rating logic applied
tax liability to the customers’ transactions.
• Secondly, GSA rebuilt the revenue experi-
ence in its Tax Lab. GSA applied its knowl-
edge of the customer’s product and sales
goals to revenue and modeled scenarios
that achieved the best tax treatment.
• Finally, GSA recognized that revenue recog-
nition for the carrier along with marketing
materials did not reflect the proper offerings
to achieve the optimal results.
As a result, GSA and the carrier embarked on a
full review of terms and conditions and a re-applica-
tion of revenue recognition methods to synchronize
USF filing reports, profiled by GSA to be optimized.
This outcome led to a redesign of the customer’s
point of sale and tax rating engine. Integral to that
redesign were GSA’s optimization rules that synchro-
nized the rating with the reporting of liabilities.
A byproduct of the redesign was seamless
automation of transaction data imported into the
general ledger for revenue recognition without
manual manipulation. The outcome: The carrier
reduced its USF liability by more than $700,000,
which was credited within the year of its annual
report, creating a return-on-investment of more
than 400 percent on the project.
GSA is a North American telecom regula-
tory and indirect tax compliance advisory and
outsource provider with data repositories of
more than 24,000 jurisdictions. The company
has more than 14 years of experience in the
industry and is experienced in understanding
guidelines surrounding federal and state regula-
tory and tax rules.
If you have manual processes involved in tax
and regulatory reporting, or if you have older
resources (advisors and systems), GSA would be
happy to review your reporting methods to see if
there are ways to improve your bottom line. o
For more information, visit GSA at booth 312
in the Expo Hall, go to or call
Karine Vosberg at 678.304.6469.
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