Comments on: iPhone Sales Tax is on the Unsubsidized Price

By: 5B

5B — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:28:16 +0000

You fools! You are paying tax twice:

First – At time of purchase. The unbundled price is taxed.

Second – Over the cost of the subsidy via your phone bill tax.

This should be illegal.

A certain portion of your AT&T Data Charge pays down the subsidy on your shiny new phone each month.

By: Billy

Billy — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:59:20 +0000

So. I understand the paying full sales tax on a NEW phone whether bundled or not. But how can they do this on used re-furbished phones. The rules no longer apply since the Full tax was already paid on it once.

By: LEAVE IT TO THEM TO SCREW TO ANYWAY THEY CAN

LEAVE IT TO THEM TO SCREW TO ANYWAY THEY CAN — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:08:49 +0000

The state says the retailer has to pay tax on the unbundled price not the consumer. YES, it says they can charge it…But you would think after having to sign a 2yr contract they would pay it. AT&T are penny piching overpriced assho***

By: Bill Jenkins

Bill Jenkins — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:21:12 +0000

AT&T are not crooks. THEY do not get this money. Your cruddy states that charge this tax are the ones to blame.

Blame California.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:50:29 +0000

This goes for refurb also. They will tax you on the $499 orginal price for a used I-Phone.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:26:33 +0000

Go to Walmart. They’ll only tax you on the amount that you’ve paid. ATT will suck you dry, the’re all about number$$$$$$. Greedy bastards!!!

By: Dong Kim

Dong Kim — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:43:31 +0000

Debbie, it is true that they charge sales tax on the full undiscounted price in at&t store in nevada, but if you buy the iphone in apple stores in nevada they only charge sales tax on discounted purchase price. I am not sure why there is disparity between at&t and apple stores, but I will look into them.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:38:30 +0000

This is true in Nevada also. The local ATT store told me when I went to buy my first i-phone. They told me I would pay tax on $500.00 retail price, not the $100.00 phone price. Guess I will look into blackberry

By: Robert Altmiller

Robert Altmiller — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:13:26 +0000

This is BS. I was just on the phone with the Premier Website and the person I was talking to could not find anywhere on the Premier Website where it said that you would pay tax on the entire price of the Iphone 3GS. Then he told me to hold on and he had his entire floor look for the documentation on the website which said this and no one could find it. He pawned me off to AT&T customer care who does not even deal with the sale of IPhones so I could see about getting a refund on the extra sales tax I paid. I did not get anything and everyone at ATT totally avoids the issue about not making it apparent that you truely are not paying tax on the $199 or $299 for the Iphone. If you would like to call Premier and do your own investigating into what these crooks are doing here is thier number 866-499-8008. If the Premier people cannot even find on their own stupid website where it says you will pay sales tax on the original price of the cell phone how can they expect the average user to do so!!!???

AT&T and PREMIER are crooks and the STATE GOVERNMENT of CA are crooks as well!

-Robert Altmiller

By: Don

Don — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:56:35 +0000

Then why, in Massachusetts, does the AT&T store charge sales tax on the $99 upgrade price?