It shouldnt.  Comcast has no business charging city tax to people not living in the city and therefore who had no say in voting for such taxes.  I've noticed that all sorts of online sellers get it right, amazon.com. walmart.com, etc.  They charge no city tax.  So why should Comcast get away with it?  I dont know about electric utility.  That could be different if you are actually contracting with a utility located in the city, or affiliated with the city. ... View more

Its an enormous amount of tax since this is paid on zero purchase, for instance if you have no charges on the account with very little data usage.  Anyway, check that you are not paying unnecessary city taxes.  I live in an unincorporated area and they were still charging city tax because there is a very small part of the zip code inside city limits.  I protested this and took it all the way up to the office of the President.  Finally they admitted their systems were applying tax at the zip code level with no attempt to distinguish the street address.  I got my city tax refunded for a year (in advance) because they said this was how long it would take them to adjust their systems.  I fully expect to have to revisit this at that time.   ... View more

Thats totally false.  I bought an Iphone, noticed that it already had usage on the counter.  With the Xfinity Mobile SIM in, it read "Verizon Wireless".  I was trying to get it unlocked.  Contacted Apple and they confirmed it was originally sold by Verizon Wireless and so I had a refurb.  Eventually I loaded the new OS and got it unlocked.  But its really shady practice for Xfinity Mobile to be selling these as though they are brand new.   ... View more

Thats true, but be careful because in AZ sales taxes as well as taxes on communication services come in several parts:  county/state tax and separately city tax.  I noticed that I was being charged both taxes on purchases and telecommunications services, even though I live in an unincorporated area.  After jumping through endless hoops protesting this injustice, Comcast eventually admitted that they were pulling their tax rates off of a zip code and therefore charging everyone in that zip code the same tax rate - even though in many cases there are different jurisdictions within.  I got my city tax refunded for the time being, while they work on their tax software.   ... View more

Take a look at the attached screenshot. This is scary. All this to be paid every month! ... View more

otis_bartleh wrote: nmstough wrote: I was thinking of signing up for Xfinity mobile service.  After selecting the $12 GB per month plan I got a page with all sorts of additional tax.  The total of the additional taxes was $35!  Included was a state "transaction privilege tax" of $22 and a city "transaction privilege tax" of $8.  This is crazy.  Tax equal to 300% of the service cost?  Has anyone else experienced this?  You are taxed on the full purchase price of the phone.  It says this online and this is the way it is with all subsidized phones I've ever dealt with... This isnt tax on the phone itself. On the itemized listing it says (monthly) next to both these transactions privilege taxes - as well as many others.  So these are taxes one has to pay every month for the service.     ... View more