IRS & Obama Ready to Repeal Wireless Tax
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Written by Joe Basili   
Monday, 01 February 2010

Mobile expenses are an attractive target for government taxes. Politicians have loaded all kinds of taxes on these services because most of us don't bother too look closely at wireless billing. Wireless carriers are notorious for adding extra charges so we end up paying much more for wireless services than the initial advertised price.

 

Now with President Obama's new budget comes hope that the 1989 tax on personal use of corporate paid wireless services will finally be repealed. Even the IRS has gotten into the act with an announcement in January that they have stopped trying to determine how to "simplify" how they will collect the tax. The repeal seems likely, but it has not happened. What should your company do?

Last Updated ( Saturday, 06 February 2010 )
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Defining TEM
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Written by Joe Basili   
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
What is meant by the term "Full Lifecycle Telecom Expense Management?  

The term Full Lifecycle Telecom Expense Management refers to a comprehensive program that seeks to manage all aspects of telecom expenses from inception of the expense through bill payment. These steps include:

  • sourcing
  • service orders and provisioning
  • asset and inventory management
  • invoice processing expense validation and recovery
  • usage allocation charge-back
  • reporting, business intelligence, and analysis

Full lifecycle management of telecom expenses was introduced as an answer to enterprises that were seeking more than simply an audit of phone bills. With a more holistic approach to managing the full lifecycle of a telecom expense, organizations are able to get to the root cause of billing errors. This approach also addresses the challenges of different functional groups, managing telecom expenses in silos where they do not see the downstream impact of how their actions impact expenses. For mobility expenses, there are additional considerations that will be addressed in a future posting.

Last Updated ( Friday, 29 January 2010 )
 
Taming High International Roaming Charges
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Written by Joe Basili   
Monday, 25 January 2010
International roaming charges for global travel can be surprisingly expensive. Global roaming expenses are a neglected area of Telecom Expense Management (TEM) and Wireless Expense Management (WEM). With the current economic environment enterprises start are seeking to cut costs. When enterprises rank their top challenges to managing wireless expenses, international roaming charges are cited by 70% of enterprises, that have international operations, as one of their greatest challenges. Learn more ways to reduce international roaming charges with this roaming and travel guide.   
Last Updated ( Friday, 29 January 2010 )
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WEM (Wireless Expense Management) Justification
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Written by Joe Basili   
Thursday, 28 January 2010

With the continued economic turmoil managers need to build a business case with strong justification for WEM or wireless expense management programs. Many enterprises that have a program in place to manage wireless expenses are re-evaluating the program. This report provides the data to cost justify a wireless mobility expense management program.   You must have an account to download the report. Create your account here . If you already have an account, download the report now.

Last Updated ( Friday, 29 January 2010 )
 
Corporate Liable vs. Employee Liable Mobility Plans
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Written by Joe Basili   
Monday, 20 July 2009
With the economic downturn organizations are under pressure to cut expenses. What are the best ways to cut mobility expenses? A recent survey by Network Trends Now found that many managers are re-examining their original assumptions of who should be paying for these mobility expenses. Learn more by registering for this report.  

 

This report came from a July 9 webcast titled "Key considerations for Corporate Liable and Employee Liable Plans." It was a very popular webcast with more then 200 registerants and requests for the slides after the presentation. Now it is available as a report.  Register to create your account here,

Last Updated ( Friday, 18 September 2009 )
 

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