Taxes, Fees, and Surcharges, three of the most dreaded words in the English language for anyone who likes to communicate by wireless telecommunications service. Federal, State, and Local governments have chosen phone service as a place to charge consumers in order to pay for any number of things. They have also decided to cut the carriers a break and allow them to directly pass through charges assessed to the phone service providers to their subscribers rather than have them pay the cost and then decide how to incorporate those costs into their service plan offerings. In California, the state currently does not levy a state level tax on wireless phone service, but that does not immunize us from a number of surcharges used to support various programs. If you’re a California with wireless service here is break down of the taxes, fees, and surcharges you see every month.
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UCAN vs Sprint Nextel federal class action complaint for erroneous taxes, fees, and text message charges
Date of Filing/Decision
Nov 19 2007
UCAN's federal class action complaint against Sprint Nextel (aka Sprint Solutions) for illegally billing customers taxes, fees, and text message charges on data services plans.
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