Common use of Taxes and Regulatory Tariffs, Fees and Surcharges Clause in Contracts

Taxes and Regulatory Tariffs, Fees and Surcharges. Services may be subject to local and federal taxes, tariffs, fees and surcharges. These taxes, tariffs, fees and surcharges may be amended from time to time by their respective government agencies. Any such amendments may be reflected in your invoices without notice. WIRELESS Section I. Credit Approval and Deposits. Acceptance of your Customer Application by GTA is dependent on approval of your credit. GTA has the right to investigate and review your credit history and/or payment record if you have an existing account. On the basis of that investigation and review, GTA may require you to make a suitable deposit to guarantee payment of charges for services. Upon termination of your wireless service, or upon the first billing cycle after the twenty-fourth month of wireless service, whichever comes first, GTA has the right to apply the deposit against any outstanding wireless service charges or any other amount owed to GTA. If you are terminating the Agreement, any remaining balance of the deposit will be released to you at the last known address within approximately 90 days. If you continue receiving wireless services under the Agreement, any credit balance remaining after the deposit is applied will be applied to any amounts that may be owing to GTA in the future. GTA will issue a refund upon request to any customer whose account is in good standing after the satisfaction and completion of the contractual term. II. Charges Associated with Wireless Services. As stated in Section VII of the General Terms and Conditions, you are responsible for paying all charges and fees associated with the Services. Charges associated with GTA's wireless services include but are not limited to: monthly recurring service charges, airtime, roaming, long distance, toll charges, SMS messages whether read or unread, images, sound files, data, features such as Internet access and voicemail, calling services such as directory assistance and calling card use. You will be charged for more than one call when you use certain features resulting in multiple inbounded or outbound calls such as call forwarding, call waiting, voicemail retrieval, and conference calling. Except to the extent prohibited by law, billing of roaming charges or services used may be delayed or applied against your service. Roaming and other call rating times are dependent on the location and time of the network equipment providing the service for a particular call. Usage charges will apply as required for services such as directory assistance, roaming charges incurred outside of GTA's wireless home network, long distance charges, and per minute of use charges. Airtime usage is billed in full minute increments, fractional and partial increments are rounded up to the next full minute increment at the end of each call for billing purposes.