Forum Post: My AT&T bill copied and pasted - note the government taxes@bottom
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 23, 2011, 9:25 p.m. EST by Truth
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TOTAL MONTHLY SERVICE CHARGES Total Monthly Service Charges – This is the monthly charge of your wireless services, which includes your monthly rate plan, added services and wireless data. This amount does not include usage charges, government fees & taxes, credits, adjustments or other charges. $64.99 TOTAL USAGE CHARGES Total Usage Charges – The total amount of additional usage charges for your account. This can include charges for going over the amount of minutes in your monthly rate plan, directory assistance charges, long distance, roaming, pay-per-use data charges or charges for using more messages or data than included in your monthly data plan. $0.00 TOTAL CREDITS, ADJUSTMENTS & OTHER CHARGES Credits/Adjustments/Other Charges - Any adjustments to your service, whether they are a charge or credit (including eligible discounts), will show up in this section. Specific items that may appear here could be the purchase of a new phone or accessory.$16.17 TOTAL GOVERNMENT FEES & TAXES Total Government Fees & Taxes – Taxes and surcharges are applied to your wireless service based on rates determined by federal, state and local laws. These charges are generally applied to recurring monthly charges, local usage, toll usage and roaming usage. The actual charges will vary, depending upon the particular tax, taxing authority, and the state, city or county where you reside. 9-1-1 Service Fee $1.20 Local Wireless 911 Surcharge $0.30 NY State Telecom Tax $2.20 City Telecom Tax $2.48 City District Telecom Tax $0.20 Total Charges $87.54
You could control your mobile phone bill in the same way that I did.. GET RID OF IT!
Just remember that democrats are generally pro-tax.
Thank god somebody is.
Damn government taxes!! Obviously the fix to this is to eliminate all these taxes, and start importing slaves from Africa again (or wherever has the most non-existent employee protection legislation outside the US) to do the jobs that our taxes pay for today. Hmmm - can't eliminate taxes completely, because those damn slaves have to eat or they won't work - I know!!! We'll elect Cain and then all those spongers with minimum wage jobs can start paying the same tax rate as the Koch brothers! Damn - why didn't I think of this before??
By the way, some of the fees that AT&T (and others) charge you do NOT go to the government - they only make them sound like government taxes so people like you will get upset at the government instead of the corporation. I wonder why is it that you think the money is going to the government that has you so upset, rather than that you have to pay it at all?
I think the saddest part is that the uneducated think we can tax the unemployed out of a world wide economic disaster brought about by the 1%. Ya know, I wonder if the tooth fairy will remember us as we die toothless.
No- the govt. taxes were the smaller part of the fees. The other was like $16 and those are the ones that go to ATT. It clearly states at the end whats govt.
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That government tax is for the free cell phones people can apply for with up to 200 minutes a month.
Not familiar with this.
I don't want to pay taxes or phone bills or any phone bills again I want to live like the Native Americans free and proud but with a great barter system and some more awesome music like the Doors
Don't want to pay taxes?
Support GovernProfitism.
GovernProfitism is good for the liberals. GovernProfitism is good for conservatives. GovernProfitism is good for everyone.
I didn't say that.
Support GovernProfitism anyway!
GovernProfitism rulez!
That's $76.56 per year in the taxes. $153.12 over my 2 year contract.
Thing I don't get is paying these 911 taxes when my old phone in my drawer with no sim card in it makes free 911 calls. I dunno.
I'm sorry you didn't lobby enough. Please call back when you can afford to play.
Yes, someone has to pay to keep you old phone (or anyone's) activated with 911 service. It is another form of Welfare.
You really should have lobbied against that when you had the chance. Or didn't they tell you until after the bill passed. You know, I just hate it when my lobbyist get bought off by a bigger fish. Oh well, let them make calls.
I see. Thanks.