Bill proposes bill break: five-year wireless tax freeze on the table

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Wobbly @ Jul 20th 2008 1:14PM

if you forbid them from raising federal taxes, they'll just raise local taxes or other fees & surcharges. It is pretty crazy when a $65 bill of service results in nearly $20 worth of taxes and fees - that's almost 30% taxes on a service!

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TheGasMan @ Jul 20th 2008 1:22PM

That doesn't make any sense. You're saying the telecoms *want* their services taxed? Doesn't seem too likely. And local taxes don't go to the federal government, so that doesn't follow either. (Who is the "they" you speak of?) There's not much the Feds can do about regulating local tax levels. You'll have to take that up with your state representatives.

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Joseph Singer @ Jul 20th 2008 1:57PM

But telephone taxes are an *easy* tax for any government (city, county, state, federal) to pull taxes. They know everyone uses the phone so everyone has to pay the tax.

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TheGasMan @ Jul 20th 2008 2:55PM

@Joseph Singer
You're absolutely correct. But that isn't what Wobbly said.

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