Review of the Commission’s Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2026
Key claim: The FCC has adopted the fees that communications licensees and other regulated entities must pay for fiscal year 2026 to cover the agency’s costs.
Abstract
(Rule · Federal Communications Commission) In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopts its regulatory fee schedule to assess and collect regulatory fees for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY 26).
Why this matters
The FCC’s regulatory fees are a mandatory annual cost-recovery mechanism assessed on licensees across broadcast, wireless, wireline, satellite, and other regulated services to fund the agency’s operations. The FY 2026 adoption sets the actual dollar amounts carriers and broadcasters owe this cycle, which flows through to operating costs and, in some cases, to consumer rates. Tracking each year’s schedule establishes the baseline for comparing fee shifts across service categories over time.