That's how it works, a little here,a little there, no biggie. Til its not
On Tue, Nov 2, 2021, 6:11 PM Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Funny thing about taxes...i pay for irrigation along with an irrigation
> tax and a tax for the Tigua Pueblo Reservation even though they are south
> of me down the Rio Grande...it's 14.00 a year ..no biggie...
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 2, 2021, 2:14 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Here's a curious one. My wife & I have cell service through Verizon.
>> It's a simple plan with unlimited text, unlimited talk, and more data
>> than we can use. We pay a fee for the service, and we pay a "fixed
>> amount" for each phone. So far, so good.
>>
>> However, for some reason that I've never explored until this week, my
>> wife's "fixed amount" is 28 cents more than mine. It's always been that
>> way (25+ years now), and I always wondered, but never investigated.
>>
>> Yesterday I finally investigated. Turns out, the extra 28 cents is in
>> the part labeled "fees and government charges". Looking into that a
>> little more finds a fee called "Palo Alto City UUT" in the amount of,
>> you guessed it, 28 cents.
>>
>> Now, if I lived in the city of Palo Alto, I might consider that normal.
>> However, we don't live in the city of Palo Alto.
>>
>> In fact, we don't even live in the same county as Palo Alto. While Palo
>> Alto is relatively close, it IS in the next county. Is this even legal?
>> How can a city in the next county charge my wife's phone (and not mine)
>> a utility tax?
>>
>> Have any of you looked in your Verizon bill lately?
>>
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