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I have Comcast in 2 states and the bills are very simple they charge me X amount for both, the same rate I agreed to when the plan started, and 0 extra fees.

Here's where things get complicated. The city I used to live in charged AT&T a municipal telecom tax of $1.25 when I moved the fee went away and I've since changed to Comcast. If I look at my cellphone bill I see a $0.11 tax for the state, and $0.06 for the county.

Remember you can tax at the federal/state/county/city level in the US. I used to work at a restaurant in the city limits that had a small percentage tax on alcohol, if you walk across the street its no longer in the city limits thus no excise tax.

I don't envy the programmer who has to make all this happen.



That’s just it. Most of the fees that Comcast charge aren’t government taxes but are made to look like them.


Apparently you can tax at the corporate level as well.




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