§  69.406   Local business office expenses in Account 6620.

   (a) Local business office expenses shall be assigned as follows:

   (1) End user service order processing expenses attributable to
   presubscription shall be apportioned among the Common Line, Switching,
   and Transport elements in the same proportion as the investment
   apportioned to those elements pursuant to §  69.309.

   (2) End user service order processing, payment and collection, and
   billing inquiry expenses attributable to the company's own interstate
   private line and special access service shall be assigned to the
   Special Access element.

   (3) End user service order processing, payment and collection, and
   billing inquiry expenses attributable to interstate private line
   service offered by an interexhange carrier shall be assigned to the
   billing and collection category.

   (4) End user service order processing, payment and collection, and
   billing inquiry expenses attributable to the company's own interstate
   message toll service shall be assigned to the interexchange category.
   End user service order processing, payment and collection, and billing
   inquiry expenses attributable to interstate message toll service
   offered by an interexchange carrier shall be assigned to the billing
   and collection category. End user payment and collection and billing
   inquiry expenses attributable to End User Common Line access billing
   shall be assigned to the Common Line element.

   (5) End user service order processing, payment and collection, and
   billing inquiry expenses attributable to TWX service shall be assigned
   to the Special Access element.

   (6) Interexchange carrier service order processing, payment and
   collection, and billing inquiry expenses attributable to private lines
   and special access shall be assigned to the Special Access element.

   (7) Interexchange carrier service order processing, payment and
   collection, and billing inquiry expenses attributable to interstate
   switched access and message toll, shall be apportioned among the Common
   Line, Local Switching and Transport elements in the same proportion as
   the investment apportioned to those elements pursuant to §  69.309.

   (8) Interexchange carrier service order processing, payment and
   collection, and billing inquiry expenses attributable to billing and
   collection service shall be assigned to the billing and collection
   category.

   [ 52 FR 37313 , Oct. 6, 1987, as amended at  62 FR 31939 , June 11, 1997]

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