Ever wonder if you pay too many fee’s? With all the taxes, fees, Interest and Surcharges it’s no wonder people work until they die! Here’s a few I’ve come up with and try to vigorously avoid!
State Sales Tax – State Trooper needs bullets for their guns
Local Sales Tax – Sheriffs need gas for the cruiser
Federal Income Tax – Feds get theirs before anyone!
State Income Tax – If you are lucky, you don’t have to pay this one
Self-Employment Tax – For those of us so fortunate to be livin the American dream
Federal Excise Tax – This little gem is hidden on many transactions…including airline tickets
Property Tax – Do we ever really own anything?
Wheelage Tax – Paid when I renew my vehicle registration
Then there is a splattering of fee’s that pop-up almost everywhere…
Commission Fee – Charged when selling equities
Transaction Fee – Charged when using a credit card
Processing Fee -
Filing Fee – Never really did get the difference between a processing fee and a filing fee, sometimes you see both
Origination Fee – Equity hounds need to get their cut.
Overdraft fee – Bankers need their cut
Convenience Fee – Why not charge someone for being lazy?
Annual Credit Card Membership Fees – We need to pay before we ever use the card nowadays
Auto Theft Prevention Surcharge - This one is interesting, my insurance charges me $1/year because my vehicle has auto theft prevention mechanism. I wonder what the charge would be without?
[FONT="]And then their’ s the airlines:[/FONT]
[FONT="]U.S. Federal Segment Fee charged by some airlines[/FONT]
[FONT="]U.S. Passenger Civil Aviation Security Fee aka 911 fee[/FONT]
[FONT="]Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at some airports in the US[/FONT]
[FONT="]Then I have the cell phone bill:[/FONT]
Federal Universal Service Fund
Transit Improvement Tax
For sewer/water/trash you can’t avoid it either:
[FONT="]Fuel/Environmental Recovery Fee [/FONT]
County Environmental Charge
Solid Waste Management Tax – No such thing as a free crap, getting taxed to flush Mr. Hankey
[FONT="]And of course, the best for last… INFLATION! And you thought your dollar was worth as much as it was yesterday…yeah right! [/FONT]
State Sales Tax – State Trooper needs bullets for their guns
Local Sales Tax – Sheriffs need gas for the cruiser
Federal Income Tax – Feds get theirs before anyone!
State Income Tax – If you are lucky, you don’t have to pay this one
Self-Employment Tax – For those of us so fortunate to be livin the American dream
Federal Excise Tax – This little gem is hidden on many transactions…including airline tickets
Property Tax – Do we ever really own anything?
Wheelage Tax – Paid when I renew my vehicle registration
Then there is a splattering of fee’s that pop-up almost everywhere…
Commission Fee – Charged when selling equities
Transaction Fee – Charged when using a credit card
Processing Fee -
Filing Fee – Never really did get the difference between a processing fee and a filing fee, sometimes you see both
Origination Fee – Equity hounds need to get their cut.
Overdraft fee – Bankers need their cut
Convenience Fee – Why not charge someone for being lazy?
Annual Credit Card Membership Fees – We need to pay before we ever use the card nowadays
Auto Theft Prevention Surcharge - This one is interesting, my insurance charges me $1/year because my vehicle has auto theft prevention mechanism. I wonder what the charge would be without?
[FONT="]And then their’ s the airlines:[/FONT]
[FONT="]U.S. Federal Segment Fee charged by some airlines[/FONT]
[FONT="]U.S. Passenger Civil Aviation Security Fee aka 911 fee[/FONT]
[FONT="]Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at some airports in the US[/FONT]
[FONT="]Then I have the cell phone bill:[/FONT]
Federal Universal Service Fund
Transit Improvement Tax
For sewer/water/trash you can’t avoid it either:
[FONT="]Fuel/Environmental Recovery Fee [/FONT]
County Environmental Charge
Solid Waste Management Tax – No such thing as a free crap, getting taxed to flush Mr. Hankey
[FONT="]And of course, the best for last… INFLATION! And you thought your dollar was worth as much as it was yesterday…yeah right! [/FONT]
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