Combined State And Federal Cell Phone Tax Exceeds 20 Percent In 7 States

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Posted by Milton Recht:

From Tax Foundation, "State and Local Governments Impose Hefty Taxes on Cell Phone Consumers" by Joseph Henchman and Scott Drenkard:

State	State-Local Rate	Combined Federal-State-Local Rate	Rank
U.S. Simple Average	10.15%	15.97%
U.S. Weighted Average	11.36%	17.18%
Source: Scott Mackey, KSE Partners, LLP, based on Methodology from Council on State Taxation, 50-State Study and Report on Telecommunications Taxation, May 2005. Notes: The federal rate on wireless service is 5.82 percent. D.C. rank given for information purposes only and does not affect other ranks.
Nebraska	18.67%	24.49%	1
Washington	18.62%	24.44%	2
New York	17.85%	23.67%	3
Florida	16.59%	22.41%	4
Illinois	15.94%	21.76%	5
Rhode Island	14.68%	20.50%	6
Missouri	14.29%	20.11%	7