Sec. 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 Sec. 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 Sec. 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]