People, please stop with all these companies. AT&T, Verizon, T-MOBILE, ETC. They are all charging tax on the purchases of a new phone even when offering a trade-in on your old phone. That is DOUBLE TAXATION! And it is against the law to do that. You already paid taxes on the device that is being traded. If you purchased a new phone, you paid taxes on that item before you left the store - YES? Then you are offered a trade in amount later on of an amount to upgrade. Example - a new Iphone 13 was at 1200 will cost in taxes where I am of $114.00. You go in 24 months later and it is paid and you want to upgrade to the new version Iphone 15. It costs now 1200 again. They offer you $700 for your current phone as a trade in value. They go on to say you have to pay the taxes on the new phone before you leave and then they give you a tax amount of $114.00. Your traded in value should have been $1200 - $700 = $500. and the taxes should be based on the remaining amount of $500. Not being charged at the 1200 full price point. They did not consider your trade and in the end DOUBLE TAXED THE CONSUMER.
