

Sprint plans to file an appeal







Sources: Bloomberg, CNET

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RE: Why the heck didn't Sprint just pay their taxes?
By Samus on 7/2/2013 9:16:10 PM , Rating: 2
Considering how confusing state and local excise taxes are (they vary by state, county and cities within counties...) I'm not surprised this doesn't happen more often.

Sprint probably thought they were collecting taxes properly. Unfortunately ignorance doesn't work as an excuse in a court of law.

RE: Why the heck didn't Sprint just pay their taxes?
ignorance doesn't work as an excuse




RE: Why the heck didn't Sprint just pay their taxes?



and their ads say this

Then they try to correct themselves with BS like this

it still looks bad so they tried again and failed again



Man I love still having actual unlimited 4G on Verizon.




By marvdmartian on 7/3/2013 8:10:02 AM , Rating: 2


Back when I was in the military, I got to enjoy a vacation from NY state taxes, so long as I didn't reside in the state for more than 30 days a year (many states do this for their military members).
The last year that I had to pay taxes, I got the forms, filled them out, did the math, and figured out I owed the state of NY $32 more than what had been deducted from my check. So I went to the post office, got a money order for that amount, and sent it off with my return, figuring I was good to go.
A couple months later, I get a very official looking piece of mail from NY state, with a letter inside. The letter tells me that I owed the state more money, and if I didn't pay immediately, I could be subject to up to 10 years in prison and/or tens of thousands of dollars in fines! Holy cow! How much more did I owe them, for them to make threats like this??

TWO DOLLARS. Yep, I had done the math incorrectly, and owed them $2 more than I thought I did. Chances are, it cost them more to figure that out, print the letter off, and send it to me, then process the payment once it was sent, than the extra $2 they got out of me.

That's a big part of the reason why I am SOOOOOOO glad I don't live in that state any more!!






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