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Government Fees and Taxes
Hey everyone!
Just opened a new line with AT&T and they sent me a "Customer Service Summary". Most of it makes sense like prorated charges and my regular monthly charges. Where I am getting lost at the State and Local Tax. Here are the charges:
Monthly Charges: $150
Prorated Charges & Credits: $19.99
Additional Charges (Activation): $40
Surcharges and Other Fees: $12.80
Government Fees and Taxes: $27.96
I live in San Francisco, CA and cannot understand why are my taxes on my wireless bill so high? Everything minus the taxes is $222.79 . To come up with the figure $27.96, I would have needed to be taxed about 12-13%. On all my receipts over living here, SF District Tax + CA State & Local Sales Tax combined is 8.75%.
So what's going on?
ms_unicorn
Former Employee
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4.9K Messages
10 years ago
Hello, super_pj!
Thanks for posting. We would be happy to review your bill and explain the charges in detail, so please click here to send us a private message with your contact information and the best time to reach you.
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Resendetra
Scholar
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124 Messages
10 years ago
Because the combined Federal/State/Local tax rate for wireless is 15.66% for your state. It's of course different for every state and it's always different than normal sales tax.
Taken from here - http://www.mywireless.org/state-issues/state-tax-rankings/
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