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Upthevibe

(8,074 posts) Mon Apr 22, 2024, 01:02 PM Apr 22

Service & Environmental fees and Taxes....

So I'm in Dallas working for my friend who has a small business. I'm looking at the bill for when she had her carpet cleaned. It was $380 + Tax ($31.35) + Environmental Fee ($18.36) to total $429.71.

I live in California. I don't ever remember paying these fees & taxes on things like getting my carpet cleaned but my roommate handles that.

My friend said it's probably because California has a state income tax and Texas doesn't (which, of course, they brag about). Do they have these extra fees in lieu of state income tax?

Thanks for any feedback...

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Service & Environmental fees and Taxes.... (Original Post) Upthevibe Apr 22 OP

Some places add the fees to the total without breakdown. jimfields33 Apr 22 #1

Environmental Fee is to mitigate the cost of creating, transporting, and disposing of the water. quaint Apr 22 #2

TX has what (I presume) many other states would consider high sales and use taxes Torchlight Apr 22 #3

jimfields33

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1. Some places add the fees to the total without breakdown.

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Mon Apr 22, 2024, 01:05 PM

Apr 22

quaint

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2. Environmental Fee is to mitigate the cost of creating, transporting, and disposing of the water.

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Mon Apr 22, 2024, 01:06 PM

Apr 22

That's the claim.

Torchlight

(3,361 posts)

3. TX has what (I presume) many other states would consider high sales and use taxes

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Mon Apr 22, 2024, 02:08 PM

Apr 22

Total (non-federal) sales taxes in some jurisdictions are as high as 8.25%.

Our property taxes, among the highest in the nation, are also becoming counterproductive to home sales.

I think our lack of a state income tax is more than countered with our excessively high sales taxes, but it's all a wash in the end I figure.

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