Taxes, Surcharges and Regulatory fees

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Michael B. Brutman - 06 Dec 2003 15:33 GMT

This month I received the new billing format. The overall bill has gone
up close to 7%. All of the increases were in the 'Taxes, Surcharges,
and Regulatory fees' section of the bill.

I'm a customer in MN. I didn't realize that these taxes had nearly
doubled (3.06 to 5.91) in the last month. Has any other AT&T customer
in MN seen this? [ I expect yes .. I'm not special. :-) ] Is there a
good source for looking up what the actual taxes are?

(I think the sudden increase is bs - I'm not aware of any recent
regulatory actions. The cynical side of me expects that the increase is
a hidden fee for the number portability deal.)

Thanks,
Mike

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Andrew - 06 Dec 2003 16:36 GMT

: This month I received the new billing format. The overall bill has gone
: up close to 7%. All of the increases were in the 'Taxes, Surcharges,
: and Regulatory fees' section of the bill.

: I'm a customer in MN. I didn't realize that these taxes had nearly
: doubled (3.06 to 5.91) in the last month. Has any other AT&T customer
: in MN seen this? [ I expect yes .. I'm not special. :-) ] Is there a
: good source for looking up what the actual taxes are?

: (I think the sudden increase is bs - I'm not aware of any recent
: regulatory actions. The cynical side of me expects that the increase is
: a hidden fee for the number portability deal.)

AT&T added a $1.75 "Regulatory Programs Fee" a few months ago. They
sent notice out about this to customers beforehand. I think it is
basically a fee to cover portability - I saved the notice but don't
have it handy. But, that would cover much of your noticed increase.

Andrew
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Michael B. Brutman - 06 Dec 2003 16:36 GMT

My question wasn't about the "Regulator Programs Fee" - that fee has
been there for a few months.

My question is about a sudden jump in the following fees:

Federal Tax: was 0.64, is now 1.30
State Taxes: was 1.35, is now 2.78
Universal Connectivity Charge: was 0.44, is now 1.09
City Tax: was 0.10, is now 0.21
911 Tax/TACIP Fee: was 0.53, still 0.53

Net increase on these 5 fees was 2.85, which is an increase on 93% on
these fees.

Checking the MN State Public Utilities Commision didn't yield anything.
I don't believe that all of these taxes went up at the same time. In
fact, I don't believe that any of them went up. ;-)

Mike

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Parker Brooks - 30 Jan 2004 16:29 GMT

wow, i wish i was that lucky...

mine have gone from $30 a month to $50!!

granted i'm on the digital one rate, my monthly service charge is $219.98

my taxes, s/c, and reg fees... $49.92!!

the biggest being an unexplained "municipal fee" of $20.54.

i'm in missouri. anyone else share this?

> My question wasn't about the "Regulator Programs Fee" - that fee has
> been there for a few months.
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