Effective January 22, 2012, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 707.17.5.1 to revise the practice of submitting one Periodicals postage statement for all issues mailed in a calendar month.
Use of PS Form 3541-M, Periodicals — All Issues in a Calendar Month, will be discontinued with the January update of PostalOne!®. Qualified customers who are currently authorized to report postage monthly using PS Form 3541-M will be provided with instructions for submission of consolidated postage statements that will be billed monthly.
Mailing Standard of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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700 Special Standards
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707 Periodicals
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17.0 Documentation
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17.5 Monthly Postage Statements
17.5.1 General
[Revise 17.5.1 as follows:]
The manager, Business Mail Entry may authorize a qualified publisher of a Periodicals publication to submit Form 3541 Postage Statement — Periodicals — One Issue or One Edition, for all issues mailed during a calendar month. Postage statements must be submitted no more than 72 hours after the first mailing of the last issue mailed each month. The pages of every issue, enclosures in the publication, and supplements to the publication must be printed on sheets of the same paper grade weight.
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Index and Appendices
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Forms Glossary
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ID Title
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[Delete the row for 3541-M, Postage Statement—Periodicals—All Issues in a Calendar Month, in its entirety.]
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next monthly update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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