Phone Charges - Oct

E911 Cost Recovery: $0.48
Regulatory Recovery: $1.97

Sales Tax - Kitchen Products

NY Sales Tax (4%): 0.03
County Sales Tax (3.75%): 0.03
MTA Tax (0.375%): 0.00

Phone Charges - Sep

E911 Cost Recovery: $0.48

Regulatory Recovery: $1.97

Sales Tax - Home Products

NY Sales Tax (4%): 0.40
County Sales Tax (3.75%): 0.37
MTA Tax (0.375%): 0.04

Sales Tax - Home Products

NY Sales Tax (4%): 0.90
County Sales Tax (3.75%): 0.84
MTA Tax (0.375%): 0.08

Sales Tax - Home Products

NY Sales Tax (4%): 0.10
County Sales Tax (3.75%): 0.9
MTA Tax (0.375%): 0.01

Sales Tax - Home Products

NY Sales Tax (4%): 0.98
County Sales Tax (3.75%): 0.92
MTA Tax (0.375%): 0.09

Annual Phone Renewal

I renewed my VOIP phone plan (it's annual) for a seemingly low price... then got whomped with all sorts of taxes:

NY MCTD 186c: $1.27
Excise Tax: 5.33
Transit Tax: 0.78
Sales Tax: 16.56
FUSF (VoIP): 17.66
FCC Regulatory Fee (VoIP): 0.46
E911: 0.35

Now some explanation:

NY MCTD 186c: MTA tax for certain NYC-area counties
Excise Tax: This is a tax that originated in 1898 with the Spanish-American war. It was repealed and then reinstated in following wars, eventually becoming indefinite after WWII. A few years ago, it was eliminated for long-distance service, and now only applies to local service. Although it is a phone tax, the tax revenue doesn't go to fund anything telecom-specific.
Transit Tax: Used to fund transit projects in the service area. This is distinct from the MTA tax above.
Sales Tax: This seems high, sepcially since MCTD is calculated separately. I've opened an inquiry with my phone provider about it.
FUSF: "This surcharge is imposed for the purpose of providing telecommunications services at an affordable price to schools, libraries, rural health care providers, and low-income customers."
FCC Regulatory Fee (VoIP): The money to pay the regulators needs to come from somewhere!
E911: Another E911 recovery fee. Note that the E911 fee here is separate from the monthly cost recovery fee.

Phone Charges - Aug

E911 Cost Recovery: $0.48
Regulatory Recovery: $1.97

Sales Tax - Home Products

NY Sales Tax (4%): 0.17
County Sales Tax (3.75%): 0.16
MTA Tax (0.375%): 0.01

Sales Tax - Gifts

This was shipped directly to the recipient, so the local tax in this case is his county, not mine.

NY Sales Tax (4%): 1.22
County Sales Tax - Suffolk (4.25%): 1.30
MTA Tax (0.375%): 0.11

Sales Tax - Gift

Again, the gift was sent to the recipient. Like today's other gift purchase, it was chosen off of an online store's wedding registry. The registry is a list of wanted gifts, and allows for shipment to a (hidden) address specified by the registrant. But because I'm paying careful attention to taxes, I can tell that this one was shipped to CT, whereas the other was sent to the groom's hometown in NY.

CT Sales Tax (6.35%): 1.20

Phone Charges - July

E911 Cost Recovery: $0.48
Regulatory Recovery: $1.97

Sales Tax - Home Products

NY Sales Tax (4%): 1.22
County Sales Tax (3.75%): 1.14
MTA Tax (0.375%): 0.11

Sales Tax - Home Products

NY Sales Tax (4%): 0.12
County Sales Tax (3.75%): 0.11
MTA Tax (0.375%): 0.01

Sales Tax - Home Products

NY Sales Tax (4%): $1.82
County Sales Tax (3.75%): 1.71
MTA Tax (0.375%): 0.17

Sales Tax - Eat Out

NY Sales Tax (4%): $0.48
County Sales Tax (3.75%): 0.45
MTA Tax (0.375%): 0.05

Sales Tax - Prepaid Top-Up

NY Sales Tax (4%): $0.60
County Sales Tax (3.75%): $0.56
MTA Tax (0.375%): $0.06

Phone Charges - June

E911 Cost Recovery: $0.48
Regulatory Recovery: $1.97

Gas - 11.574 gal

Federal Gas Tax (18.4 cents/gal): 2.13
NY State Petroleum Business Tax (17 cents/gal): 1.97
NY State Sales Tax (8 cents/gal): 0.93
MTA Tax (0.75 cents/gal): 0.09
NY State Petroleum Testing Fee (0.05 cents/gal): 0.01
Dutchess County Sales Tax (3.75%): 1.53