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• Position: STATELINE - Cell phone service fees and taxes - Brief article

Americans pay more in taxes and fees for cell phone service than almost any other consumer item, according to an analysis by the Tax Foundation. Wireless customers pay an average of 17.18 percent in taxes and fees, 11.36 percent of which are state and local charges. Tennesseans, for example, pay the highest average state and local sales tax rate in the country--9.4 percent--while Nebraskans pay he...