FLINTON@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Fred E.J. Linton) (06/10/91)
I live in New Haven, CT (area 203).
My most recent phone bill month with SNET had me placing lots of calls
to Poland, with whatever carrier could get me through: AT&T, ITT, MCI,
Sprint.
ITT's bill has not shown up yet, but:
MCI (who bill me directly) charged 3% FET but not the 8% CT tax. AT&T
(for whom SNET does billing) likewise: 3% FET, but no 8% CT tax.
Sprint (for whom SNET also does billing) charged not only the 3% FET
but also the 8% CT tax.
A call to SNET Customer "Service" taught me that SNET only bills in
accordance with the LD carrier's instructions -- to find out why
they're billing this 8% for Sprint but not for AT&T, they offered to
contact AT&T to learn why AT&T was NOT charging 8% CT sales tax
(though based on MCI's not charging it either, I'd have thought they'd
want to contact Sprint to find out why they, alone, ARE).
So I call Sprint Customer Service for another perspective, reaching an
agent who immediately contacted Sprint's "Tax Liaison" office (I was
on hold a few minutes), reported back that there should NOT have been
any CT state sales tax imposed, and suggested I contact my SNET rep
and ask them to remove that charge.
Needless to say, I did; equally needless to say, they didn't.
Can any of the tariff experts out there help me sort this all out?
As another netter so neatly puts it: aTdHvAaNnKcSe .
Fred <flinton@eagle.Wesleyan.EDU> or <fejlinton@{att|mci}mail>