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Letter

Ottawa, 18 December 2003

Our File No: 8652-T42-01/01 - 8652-C12-200312265

Ms. Lourdes Clancy
Manager - Regulatory Matters
Aliant Telecom Inc.
Saint John Brunswick Sq., Flr. 10
Saint John, NB E2L 4K2

Dear Ms. Clancy:

Re: Further Follow-up to 14 July 2003 letter requesting Phase II costing information

By letter dated 25 July 2003, Aliant Telecom Inc. (Aliant) provided responses to information requested by Commission staff related to current economic parameters and tax rates used in economic evaluations.

Aliant is requested to provide responses to the attached interrogatory, serving abridged copies on all parties. The response to this interrogatory is due by 6 February 2004.


Yours sincerely,

Original signed by

Scott Hutton
(Acting) Director General
Competition, Costing and Tariffs
Telecommunications

c.c.: Yvan Davidson CRTC (819) 953-5414
Leon Shufelt CRTC (819) 994-9988

Attachment


1. Provide complete details on the development of the income tax rates identified in the letter of July 25, 2003 updating economic parameters for PEI Region, NS Region, NB Region, NL Region and Aliant Corporate, specifically identifying:

a) Provincial income tax rate(s) including vintage, source(s) of information, and detailed development with supporting rationale;
b) Federal income tax rate including vintage, source(s) of information, and detailed development with supporting rationale;
c) Explain if and demonstrate how large corporation tax and other miscellaneous taxes were excluded from the federal and provincial income tax rate calculations in a) and b) above;
d) Provide a detailed derivation of the blended corporate income tax rate calculation showing how the components identified in parts a) to c) above were incorporated with supporting rationale.

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