On August 18, 2023, USAC published a news brief reminding E-rate program participants how to correctly enter dates on invoice forms. Per the news brief, some applicants and service providers have experienced automatic denials or manual reviews where they have entered incorrect dates on their invoices for specific Funding Request Number (FRN) line items. This includes FRN invoice line items for both recurring and non-recurring services.
The news brief noted that on both BEAR and SPI Forms, the Customer Billed Date field is for recurring services and the Shipping Date to Customer is for non-recurring services. A single FRN line item should have a date in one field or the other, but not both fields.
The USAC news brief can be viewed here.
