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1 Scott Mackey & Ulrik Boesen, Wireless Tax Burden Remains High due to Federal Surcharge Increase 1 (2020)

handle is hein.taxfoundation/wltbnrs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: s - Wireless Tax Burden Remains High F*UNATON Due to Federal Surcharge Increase FISCAL Scott Mackey UIrik oesen FACT Managing Partner, Senior Policy Analyst, No. 732 Leonine Public Affairs LLP Excise Taxes Nov. 2020 Key Findings A typical American household with four phones on a family share plan, paying $100 per month for taxable wireless service, can expect to pay about $270 per year in taxes, fees, and surcharges-up from $260 in 2019. Nationally, these impositions make up about 22.6 percent of the average bill-the highest rate ever. Illinois has the highest wireless taxes in the country at 32.2 percent, followed by Arkansas at 30.0 percent, Washington at 29.7 percent, Nebraska at 29.1 percent, and New York at 28.6 percent. Since 2008, average monthly wireless service bills per subscriber have dropped by 26 percent, from $50 per line to about $37 per line. However, wireless taxes have increased by 50 percent, from 15.1 percent to 22.6 percent of the average bill. At the end of 2019, over 67 percent of low-income adults had wireless as their phone service, and 58 percent of all adults were wireless-only. Excessive taxes and fees, especially the very high per-line charges, impose a disproportionate burden on low-income consumers. In Chicago, a family with four lines of taxable wireless service paying $100 per month is subjected to over $500 per year in taxes and fees. The Tax Foundation is the nation's leading independent tax policy research organization. Since 1937, our research, analysis, and experts have informed smarter tax policy at the federal, state, and global levels. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. ©2020 Tax Foundation Distributed under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 Editor, Rachel Shuster Designer, Dan Carvajal Tax Foundation 1325 G Street, NW, Suite 950 Washington, DC 20005 202.464.6200 taxfoundation.org

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