 thehyper1Premium
join:2001-11-05
Birmingham, AL | reply to dlathem
Re: Internet fee Is back! said by dlathem:As far as I know, the Alabama Legislature has imposed NO TAX on internet service. Most likely Bellsouth put it back on and is making up another story to cover.
I believe this is part of the standard telecom tax that's levied on all telecom services -- not necessarily just Internet access. Either way, it's been on my bill every month for at least a year. That's as far back as I have copies of my bills. So it's not something new.
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NormanSPremium,MVM
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San Jose, CA
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| There is no "telecom tax", or any other kind of tax on the DSL portion of our DSL bill in California. It is either something that Alabama is doing, or something that Bellsouth is doing.
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thehyper1Premium
join:2001-11-05
Birmingham, AL | said by NormanS:There is no "telecom tax", or any other kind of tax on the DSL portion of our DSL bill in California. It is either something that Alabama is doing, or something that Bellsouth is doing.
Right. Each individual state - in this case: Alabama. Note the OP's bill says: "AL - State/Local Tax". I believe many other states have a similar set-up.
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tkdslr
join:2004-04-24
Pompano Beach, FL Reviews:
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said by thehyper1:said by dlathem:As far as I know, the Alabama Legislature has imposed NO TAX on internet service. Most likely Bellsouth put it back on and is making up another story to cover. I believe this is part of the standard telecom tax that's levied on all telecom services -- not necessarily just Internet access. Either way, it's been on my bill every month for at least a year. That's as far back as I have copies of my bills. So it's not something new. You're being ripped off.. federal law 108-435 phased out nearly all DSL taxes back in Nov, 2005. Preempted all state taxes on DSL services except for Texas and Michigan.
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RJ44
join:2001-10-19
Nashville, TN | said by tkdslr:You're being ripped off.. Apparently you know exactly what the charge is for or you couldn't make that statement so definitively, so why not enlighten the rest of us? |
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