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		FireBeyond on Nov 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: From airlines to ticket sellers, companies fight U... And then remember that the cell and cable companies had to be threatened with lawsuits to stop labeling some of their fees as taxes. "Charges can only be labeled as a tax if 100% of the charge goes to a government entity."

brewdad on Nov 20, 2023 [–]

I have seen fees labeled as "foo tx" to get around this. Technically, they didn't call it a tax.

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