Taxes on Cell Phones Hit All-Time High

16 Feb 2011 14:16 #1 by CinnamonGirl
Taxes on Cell Phones Hit All-Time High was created by CinnamonGirl
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2380386,00.asp

Wireless consumers in Nebraska, Washington, and New York pay more than 20 percent of their wireless bills in taxes and fees, mostly due to the proliferation of archaic or duplicated surcharges.

In a report called "A Growing Burden: Taxes and Fees on Wireless Service" tax policy experts from KSE Partners spent five years monitoring the federal, state, and local taxes imposed on wireless consumers.


http://www.ksefocus.com/wordpress-conte ... es-PDF.pdf

Looks like Colorado is in the middle with about 15% combined. Phones have always been a hidden way to tax. Almost 24% is crazy.

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16 Feb 2011 14:19 #2 by FredHayek
The first phone tax was started to pay for the Spanish American War before WWI, and it kept on going for a century!!!!

Nickel and diming people to death.

Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.

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