[ETS/PARC List] FW: FCC proposes to drop vanity fees

[Don WILSON]

From: marvbrons at verizon.net









FCC Eliminates Amateur Radio Vanity Callsign Regulatory 
Fee

05/22/2015

The FCC is eliminating the regulatory fee to apply 
for an Amateur Radio vanity call sign. The change will not go into effect, 
however, until required congressional notice has been given. This will take at 
least 90 days. As the Commission explained in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 
Report and Order, and Order (MD Docket 14-92and others), released May 21, it’s a 
matter of simple economics.

“The Commission spends more resources on 
processing the regulatory fees and issuing refunds than the amount of the 
regulatory fee payment, ” the FCC said. “As our costs now exceed the regulatory 
fee, we are eliminating this regulatory fee category. ” The current vanity call 
sign regulatory fee is $21.40, the highest in several years. The FCC reported 
there were 11,500 “payment units” in FY 2014 and estimated that it would collect 
nearly $246,100.
Read the full story here:

http://www.arrl.org/news/view/fcc-eliminates-amateur-radio-vanity-call-sign-regulatory-fee


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