Cell Phone Tax
We had been misinformed as to the tax - it isn't $4 per call, but the correct info isn't any prettier either:
- For every cellphone registered to a Chicago address and every Chicago landline, the city will tack on a $5 per month charge — up from the current charge of $3.90 per month.
[...] The City Council still needs to sign off on the idea when it considers the proposed budget Nov. 21. But the approval is near certain with aldermen unlikely to favor a citywide tax increase.
Consumers would see the higher taxes reflected on their bills starting Jan. 1.
[...] The City Council last raised the phone tax in 2014, when aldermen approved a 56 percent increase as part of an effort to keep the laborer's pension fund from sliding deeper into the red.
Chicagoans' phone taxes will have risen 100 percent in three years — from $2.50 per line per month to $5 per line per month.
A 100% increase in three years is ridiculous. But every solution to a democrat is to "raise taxes" instead of cutting spending and/or reducing the size of government.
Labels: dumb ideas, money questions
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
61 Comments:
Yet my wife still insists we keep our landline, WHY?
Apparently our leadership is going to tax us to death. I think it's way past the time to say R.I.P. to the democ"RAT"ic leadership!
Ha ha.. these guys are all about taxing the poor or people who are trying to make ends meet.... hey Rham... most American are said to have just $500 in their bank account to fall back on in tough times--- I guess you did not read that scum times article. But throw in a few more camera light why don't you-- that 500 bucks is getting lower
At least you aren't still paying taxes for the Spanish-American War.
The tax all started when they built the 911 center and it was supposed to cost X million and went over budget by Y million . So than Mayor Daley started the 911 tax. The 911 building has been bought and paid for and it still continues. This is just runaway give always. I just can't wait to leave in 7 years. Thinking about selling my house now and renting. I can see the housing market having huge inventories as they continue to tax us out of here.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/story/home-is-where-the-hurt-is-how-property-taxes-are-crushing-illinois-middle-class/
Buy your cell phone the same place you buy your soda-pop!
If they can tax your cellphone, Why can't they tax,"financial Transactions" ? I have heard numbers, that just one half a cent on each transactions, would bring in billions in revenue.
The 911 tax that has nothing to do with 911. It's shoring up short-changed pension funds.
So what is required for the tax to be collected? Is it as easy as changing your number to an area code outside the state of Illinois?
If I have relatives that live in other states can I just change my number to their state prefix and have the billl mailed there and avoid the tax?
Just curious .....something I’ll definitely look into and will anyone know where you can actually read the law after it’s passed?
Time to register my cell phones out in the suburbs. This is getting crazy with all the taxes. You can’t keep taxing. Just going to drive more and more people far away from the city
"If you have ever bothered to look at the fine detail of your cell phone bill, you may be shocked to see how much is going for fees and to pay taxes. Illinois wireless customers pay some of the highest taxes in the nation for their cell phone service. According to the Tax Foundation, Illinois has a tax rate of 17.46 %, which ranks it as the fourth highest among the 50 states (including Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico) Ahhh, but it doesn’t stop there, when you add on federal USF charges that are also applied to your bill, Illinois’ combined rate is 23.92 percent. This makes Illinois only one of eight states where fees and taxes gobble up 20 percent or more of your cell phone bill." (q985online.com quoting Mark Charvat)
Here is the breakdown in Illinois:
State telecom Tax: 7%
Municipal taxes: 5%
Wireless 911 Tax: 4.96%
Federal USF Rate: 6.46
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TOTAL: 23.92%
Read More: Illinois is Making a Ton of Money off Your Cell Phone Bill, How Much? | http://q985online.com/illinois-is-making-a-ton-of-money-off-your-cell-phone-bill-how-much/?trackback=tsmclip
So how is this thing going to work when the government gives the majority of the callers a government phone,
Don’t think they pay taxes on anything.
Are you kidding, aldermen not likely to favor tax hike. That would be a first, voting against a tax hike. What you should have said Rahm is afraid to raise taxes again before election. Guarantee a huge hike after he is reelected. Yes I said reelected, the voters are all too stupid to vote for change, they like being surfs.
With the political elites spending big bucks to lure Amazon to Illinois, will there be an Amazon tax imposed on the citizens of Illinois?
Just one more thing to register outside the city.
Call your alderman. We were able to voice our concern at the pop tax and get it thrown out. We can vote out these goofs.
Does anyone know do they charge the tax based on your phones area code? Or can you just change your billing address to outside the city and avoid the tax?
Easy solution. Make your"billing address" outside of the city limits. I live in the city, enjoy relatively cheap property taxes, for Illinois and do ALL of my shopping in Dupage county. I cannot tell you the last time the city saw dime one of my money.
Dump your landlines and get a $20 burner phone from Wal Mart or online. I cut my costs from $130 a month down to about $15. If you need 911 on a burner, you can still get through.
The Democrats only know one thing - tax!!!!!!
I have to assume the bottom feeders who have free cell phones are exempt from this tax.
Guess I'll register my phones to my P.O. box in Park Ridge too. Just like my cable bill.
Yet my wife still insists we keep our landline, WHY?
10/24/2017 12:07:00 AM
Be thankful if this is the only way she asserts her limited dominance over her domicile...........if being the crucial qualifier.......
There is a simple fix to this. I have had a cell phone for many years, as have of us. I simply have paperless billing and use an address out of the city. I have been doing this for years and never have been questioned once. I feel good every month knowing the city gets zero from me in taxes on this. Feel free to give it a shot, just make sure you have paperless billing.
Yeah, um register your phone outside of the city. Problem solved. Who the fuck has a landline anymore, and if you do get over it.
The sad thing is everyone that bitches will still vote for the same and blame TRUMP....
Democrats love raising taxes. It is what they do best. Come to think of it, it is the only thing they do well.
I had to cut the cord for cable after reading the fine print. Triple play is 99 but after taxes, fees and "service fees" a extra 75 is tacked on.
The Rhamster wants it. He will get it.
"If they can tax your cellphone, Why can't they tax,"financial Transactions" ? I have heard numbers, that just one half a cent on each transactions, would bring in billions in revenue."
DIck Daley thought about this years ago.
He was told they would pick up and move if they were ever taxed.
They don't need Chicago,
Chicago needs them for all the other taxes each individual pays and
the money they spend in the city.
Citizens should be glad to pay a small tax for the luxury of having a telephone and living in one of the world's great cities.
My Bill is electronic only, Dyer Indiana address, taxes are much cheaper and no Rahm tax
Will the obamaphones be taxed too.
Get a burner phone
Anonymous said...
Yet my wife still insists we keep our landline, WHY?
10/24/2017 12:07:00 AM
How many times have you been on a job where the terrified yuppie had their house/apartment being broken into and they couldn't get a signal on their cell phone? I have numerous times, therefore that is why we always kept our landline (and a number of large caliber handguns handy).
So what is required for the tax to be collected? Is it as easy as changing your number to an area code outside the state of Illinois?
If I have relatives that live in other states can I just change my number to their state prefix and have the bill mailed there and avoid the tax?
Just curious .....something I’ll definitely look into and will anyone know where you can actually read the law after it’s passed?
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i changed my area code to relatives house in AZ. Phone carrier doesn't care as long as they get paid. get your bill on line. my taxes went from over $7 to less than $4. that includes state,federal, and 911
"Raise Taxes" is the liberal democrat solution to any problem that arises. Of course "some" people are exempt from most all taxes and don't care. Criminals and illegal aliens don't care as they won't pay either. Hell, they're the ones that will benefit the most from higher taxes! Just pay those taxes and keep voting democrat, garbage in, garbage out, as they used to say in the computer world.
J.J.
Because when you call 911 an are not able to give out your location or talk at all, your address and name is there for first responders. Calling from a cell phone doesn't do that and no one will find you. We keep our land line for safety for wife and kids. Also when home I'd rather talk on a landline than hold a hot cell next to my brain.
Alderman AUSTIN stated cell phones and house phones are NOT a necessity.
Time to register my cell phones out in the suburbs. This is getting crazy with all the taxes. You can’t keep taxing. Just going to drive more and more people far away from the city
10/24/2017 01:52:00 AM
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I have the Wal-Mart family plan.. pretty cheap.
They never send any bill or send U.S. mail to my home.
Anyone think it would be possible to just use a fictitious address say in Tennessee?
Just change your billing address. New area code not necessary.
Take a look!
Looks like Nevada has the cheapest cell phone taxes.
Get a B.S. address in Nevada.
https://taxfoundation.org/how-high-are-cell-phone-taxes-your-state/
Ot.... can someone answer this. Do we still in a landline
How to "duck" those cell phone taxes.
You must change the area code and give a B.S. address in a place in Oregon or Nevada.
check out:
https://www.forbes.com/2005/06/06/cz_sw_0606cellphone.html
How to "duck" those cell phone taxes.
You must change the area code and give a B.S. address in a place in Oregon or Nevada.
check out:
https://www.forbes.com/2005/06/06/cz_sw_0606cellphone.html
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Sorry
I was wrong .. you NO LONGER have to change the area code since the law changed that allows you to keep it.
The QUESTION is: Is it a crime to give a B.S./fake address in a place like Oregon??
do the free Obama phones pay the street tax on free phones
cut the service for all free phones
allow calls to 911,311 ,mayors office and local alderman office
that's it mfr's
Still, calling 9-1-1 one, two or three times a year and still waiting for +20 mins an understaffed 016 response is bullshit.
The GreekTown ghetto riots are getting better responses.
The 9-1-1 surcharge should be going into the CPD budget and not to OEMC overtime and Sanctuary funding.
Former obama Cheef a'Staff Rahm does not know to manage money and whatever Democrat said that is another asshole.
Change your billing address, call your Provider and downgrade or threaten to switch because of taxes.
It works.
Just change you’re billing address out of the city. I did 10 years ago
The summer VRI has to be paid somehow.
Somebody needs to do up a PDF for all the new Amazon employee's coming to town: "How to Register this that & the other to where you buy your sodie pops & gas"
Here is the breakdown in Illinois:
State telecom Tax: 7%
Municipal taxes: 5%
Wireless 911 Tax: 4.96%
Federal USF Rate: 6.46
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TOTAL: 23.92%
Oh pray tell what could that 6.46% Federal USF (remember it is a fee not a tax) be used for?
OK repeat after me, Obama phones.
That's right you now know where Obamas' stash be comes from, as alluded to in the video staring a very colorful highly animated woman a few years past.
It is a percentage so, higher your bill the more they get, that my fellow fee payers is redistribution on the fed level.
Note the fed requires the carrier to pay this, it does not require them to collect it but, they are allowed to as long as it does not exceed what they are paying.
Prepaid plans eat it---the major providers not so much.
Who uses the most prepaid??
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Because when you call 911 an are not able to give out your location or talk at all, your address and name is there for first responders. Calling from a cell phone doesn't do that and no one will find you. We keep our land line for safety for wife and kids. Also when home I'd rather talk on a landline than hold a hot cell next to my brain.
10/24/2017 11:03:00 AM
Exactly why I keep mine. Dumped long distance plan and have the cheapest calling package but I know 911 will have my address. Also, it's not unheard of for emergency cell calls to get connected to the suburbs if you're close to the city limits.
Anonymous said...
Time to register my cell phones out in the suburbs. This is getting crazy with all the taxes. You can’t keep taxing. Just going to drive more and more people far away from the city
10/24/2017 01:52:00 AM
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I have the Wal-Mart family plan.. pretty cheap.
They never send any bill or send U.S. mail to my home.
Anyone think it would be possible to just use a fictitious address say in Tennessee?
10/24/2017 11:09:00 AM
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Sure, and it is tax evasion for sure, regarding the Illinois tax. You are welcome.
Thank goodness my Pager is registered in Dubuque. ♠️
Tax a man to death.
Fuck you Illinois
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/24/connecticuts-capital-faces-fiscal-meltdown-tied-to-union-promises-default-deemed-likely.html
Ha, I have my phones at my aunts in Indiana fuck your taxes
.....therefore that is why we always kept our landline (and a number of large caliber handguns handy).
10/24/2017 10:55:00 AM
Uhhhhh, I notice a contradiction here......
"as part of an effort to keep the laborer's pension fund from sliding deeper into the red."
In other words, it's still getting redder and the tax increase didn't do shit.
Just switched my landline to magic jack, unlimited US and Canada calls plus free magic jack and 1 free year of service $35 for(2 years). You can keep existing landline number but it was one time $10.00(call your provider to cancel after you switch). The best benefit it comes with Android/i-phone magic jack app so if you want, your landline calls (if you are not home) can be forwarded to your cellphone. You just plug magic jack into your internet router and the other cable to your landline phone.
My cellphone paperless bill got switched to my brother's address in Indiana.
Thank you Rahm, you just saved me money by making me do these changes.
Use my elderly moms suburban address, then go paperless. Screw you Rahm.
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