Cellphone and Wireless Taxes

Wireless Taxes and Fees Climb Again in 2018

A typical family with four cell phones paying $100 per month for service can expect to pay about $229 per year in wireless taxes, fees, and surcharges. Nationally, these impositions make up about 19.1 percent of the average customer’s cell phone bill.

Wireless Taxes and Fees in 2017

A typical American household with four wireless phones paying $100 per month for wireless voice service can expect to pay about $221 per year in wireless taxes, fees, and surcharges.

Wireless Tax Burdens Rise for the Second Straight Year in 2016

Record High Taxes and Fees on Wireless Consumers in 2015

Talk is Cheap(er): Florida Cuts its High Wireless Tax

Florida Tax Cut Bill in Stall over Medicaid Expansion Debate

How High Are Cell Phone Taxes In Your State?

Wireless Taxation in the United States 2014

Governor Rick Scott Offers Mixed Bag of Tax Proposals for Florida

Monday Map: State & Local Taxes & Fees on Wireless Service

State and Local Governments Impose Hefty Taxes on Cell Phone Consumers

Kentucky Tax Reform Commission Offers Disappointing Grab Bag

Nickeled and Dimed in Chicago

New York, Missouri Considering Raising Already-High Cell Phone Taxes

Congress Debates Bill on Digital Goods State Taxation

States Target Cell Phones for Stealth, Burdensome Taxes

Feds May Act on Stealth, Burdensome Taxes on Cell Phones

IRS Abandons Telephone Excise Tax on Long-Distance Calls

Proposed Change in Federal Phone Tax May Hurt Universities

Telecommunications Deregulation in Texas Promises Increased Competition, Innovation and Efficiency