Comments on: Spanish-American War tax on telephone service continues today

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 20 May 2007 02:06:20 +0000

This is robbery at its finest. Why, have we become a nation of tax, tax, tax? If the citizens of the USA didnt have to pay all of these frivilous taxes, we may be able to have some money in our own pockets. The bottom line is, we have to pay to work in this country, by the government taxing us to death.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 05:29:16 +0000

“Double-Taxation Without Representation” or in this case tax on tax on tax on tax

By: Jeremy Palmer » Blog Archive » Vonage IPO Debacle

Jeremy Palmer » Blog Archive » Vonage IPO Debacle — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 19:29:24 +0000

[...] uncertainties relating to regulation of VoIP services – Will VOIP be killed by over regulation? Have you ever looked at your phone bill and seen all of the federal and local taxes? There is still a 3% federal excise tax funding the Spanish-American war that ended over 100 years ago. What happens when Washington decides to dip their hands into the VOIP cookie jar? [...]

By: Protesting the Spanish-American War tax on phone service - Phone Watch

Protesting the Spanish-American War tax on phone service - Phone Watch — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:13:09 +0000

[...] Itâ€™s about time, too. There are so many taxes, fees and other surcharges on the average personâ€™s phone bill that most people canâ€™t even figure out what they are for, and when they look at the totals, they quickly realize that their telephone carries a very heavy tax burden. As most of these taxes donâ€™t apply at all to VoIP, the lower costs of VoIP itself, combined with the tax breaks, make it a very compelling alternative to traditional telephone service and traditional telephone taxes. — Homeland Stupidity [...]

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:27:27 +0000

Where does the tax money go????