Responsible Billing Party: Billing

The Billing Responsible Party is the party responsible for payment on an account upon whom a credit check is run when the account is initially created. This may be an individual, a business, or a government entity.

Individual Accounts

The Billing Responsible Party:

• Is the individual whose credit was checked to activate the account
• Is responsible for payment of the account
• Is the person whose name appears on the Billing party line at the account level
• Signs the service agreement

Note: In the case of a married couple, only one spouse may sign the agreement and be designated the Billing Responsible Party. The other spouse may be listed as an Authorized User.

The Billing Responsible Party is the only person allowed to make the following account changes:

• Add / delete / resume (from cancel) lines of service
• Add / delete Authorization Names on the account
• Change Account Password / PIN
• Request a Billing Name Change
• Request a Change of Responsibility

Business Accounts

• Credit is run on the business itself and the business entity is responsible for payment of the account.
• The business name appears on the first line of the invoice.
• Business accounts have varying subscriber limits and deposit requirements depending upon the strength of their business file.

Restriction: End users cannot call in the activation or add-on activation of a business account.

Government Accounts

• Government accounts are established for agencies that are members of local, state, or federal governments such as libraries, public works, office of the governor, state patrol, military, FBI, or FDA.
• Private agencies that receive government funds are not eligible for government account status.
• To be eligible for government status, account invoices must be sent to the governing entity (rather than an individual) and airtime must be used for government purposes.
• At the time of activation, the following documents must be faxed to Business Credit.
  • A tax exemption certificate.
    Notes:
    • For Federal Government entities, a request on letterhead is permissible.
    • A tax exemption certificate is not required for any local, state or federal government agency that has the tax exempt indicator set to No on the completed service agreement.
  • A completed service agreement including the following information:
    Note: If these procedures are not followed, an account will not be activated.
    • Federal tax ID number
    • Account password
    • Name, title, and contact number for the authorized billed party.
    • Once a government account has been created, requests for any lines must include:
      • Account number
      • Account password
      • Signature of an authorized agency representative

Contact your sales representative for additional assistance.