Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: e118-ak@euler.berkeley.edu (e118 student) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: CLID for 911 - who pays? Message-ID: Date: 3 Apr 89 07:56:18 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Organization: U.C. Berkeley Lines: 24 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 123, message 3 of 5 In article David Bernholdt writes: > >... -- and every subscriber in the county gets an item like "E911 >Upgrade" on their local service billing to pay for it (at $0.50/month). > >... Just out of curiousity, does anyone know of other cases where the >BOC is collecting "taxes" for a local government? Here in Berkeley, California, we have several "taxes" and taxes that the BOC collects. We have a state excise tax on all telephone charges except out-of-state toll calls. We also have a *municipal* excise tax applied to the same charges. We also have a 0.5% tax applied specifi- cally to pay for enhanced 911 service. We also have a tax applied to pay for TDD's (Telephone Devices for the Deaf). When I was living in San Jose, California, the mayor (Tom McEnery) had a *bright* idea -- why not apply the municipal phone tax on *all* calls, including interstate? Regrettably, he talked to his legal staff *after* telling the press. By the way, the total of all taxes I pay on in-state charges is about 11%, including the 3% federal. --Linc Madison = e118-ak@euler.berkeley.edu