Today is tax day, but those who think this expensive event only comes once a year should examine monthly phone bills and beware of recent actions by greedy bureaucrats. Anyone who’s ever taken the time to inspect their landline or wireless phone bill will know that, on top of the price of service, the government piles on a heap of taxes such as the telecom excise tax, the universal service fee, and various others. Indeed, the combined state and local tax rate for wireline telecom services averages 14 percent and can be as high as 30 percent, putting communications in the sin-tax bracket along with alcohol and cigarettes.
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Don’t Tax My iPod
Posted by: Sonia Arrison April 15, 2005 05:00 AMToday is tax day, but those who think this expensive event only comes once a year should examine monthly phone bills and beware of recent actions by greedy bureaucrats. Anyone who’s ever taken the time to inspect their landline or wireless phone bill will know that, on top of the price of service, the government piles on a heap of taxes such as the telecom excise tax, the universal service fee, and various others. Indeed, the combined state and local tax rate for wireline telecom services averages 14 percent and can be as high as 30 percent, putting communications in the sin-tax bracket along with alcohol and cigarettes.