How do I tax thee? : a field guide to the great American rip-off

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How do I tax thee? : a field guide to the great American rip-off

Title remainder

a field guide to the great American rip-off

Statement of responsibility

Kristin Tate

Creator

• trueTate, Kristin

Author

• trueTate, Kristin

Subject

• LAW / Taxation
• Politics and government
• truePublic finance
• trueTax policy
• Taxation
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Finance / Taxation
• Taxation -- United States
• United States
• trueUnited States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
• trueUnited States -- Politics and government
• trueTaxation
• trueGovernment spending policy

Language

eng

Summary

"We all know the government taxes our income. Federal, state, and local taxes are withheld by employers, as are Social Security payments. But what about the many other ways the government covertly drains money from our wallets? Have you studied your cell phone bill? Customers in New York State pay an average of 24.36% in combined taxes on their wireless bills. They're also charged for obscure services they didn't ask for and don't understand, like a universal service fund fee, an FCC compliance fee, a line service fee, and an emergency services fee. These aren't taxes, strictly speaking. The government imposes these administrative and regulatory costs, and your wireless provider passes them along to you. What about your cable bill? Your power bill? Your trash bill? The cost of groceries, a gallon of gas, a cab ride, a hotel stay, and a movie ticket are all inflated by hidden fees. How much of what you pay at the grocery store, pump, airport, or the box office is really an indirect tax? In a series of short, pointed, fact-laden, humorous chapters, Kristin Tate exposes how up to half of your income is siphoned straight into federal, state, and city government coffers--and also where these hidden taxes and fees come from."--Dust jacket

Cataloging source

PUL

Dewey number

336.200973

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography