Real Cost of Directv Stream in CT

[Smolenski7]

I find it hard to believe that DTV cannot tell me the cost of their service including taxes. Can anyone tell me what they are really paying for the Streaming service? I'm thinking about getting the Choice package only, no add on's or boxes. I live in CT, but I'm sure your state is similar to mine.

 

[John2021]

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[comp9]

I find it hard to believe that DTV cannot tell me the cost of their service including taxes. Can anyone tell me what they are really paying for the Streaming service? I'm thinking about getting the Choice package only, no add on's or boxes. I live in CT, but I'm sure your state is similar to mine.

Every states taxes are different. I would assume somewhere between 5-10%

 

[Bruce]

Every states taxes are different. I would assume somewhere between 5-10%

Not all are the same either, some are just State Taxes, some they double dip.

Here in Florida, 7% to the state, 7% to the county, so 14%, same for streaming or Traditional Providers.

Found out when my Annual HBOMAX was billed to my Credit Card.

I also found out that if you pay for your service with Gift Cards ( for example, I have You Tube TV, so I get Google Play Cards), no tax then.

 

[NashGuy]

I find it hard to believe that DTV cannot tell me the cost of their service including taxes. Can anyone tell me what they are really paying for the Streaming service? I'm thinking about getting the Choice package only, no add on's or boxes. I live in CT, but I'm sure your state is similar to mine.

Go to this website, plug in your zip code and you'll see your total local sales tax rate (state + county + city + district).

Sales Tax Calculator - TaxJar

Enter your city and zip code below to find the combined sales tax rate for a location. If you'd like to calculate sales tax with product exemptions, sourcing logic, and shipping taxability, use our sales tax API demo.

www.taxjar.com

Apply that percentage to the cost of whichever DTV Stream package you want to see how much sales tax you'll pay:

Entertainment: $69.99/mo
Choice: $89.99/mo
Ultimate: $104.99/mo
Premier: $149.99/mo

Note that all packages are currently on sale at $20 off for the first two months before going up to the regular prices above.

 

[Bruce]

Go to this website, plug in your zip code and you'll see your total local sales tax rate (state + county + city + district).

Sales Tax Calculator - TaxJar

Enter your city and zip code below to find the combined sales tax rate for a location. If you'd like to calculate sales tax with product exemptions, sourcing logic, and shipping taxability, use our sales tax API demo.

www.taxjar.com

Apply that percentage to the cost of whichever DTV Stream package you want to see how much sales tax you'll pay:

Entertainment: $69.99/mo
Choice: $89.99/mo
Ultimate: $104.99/mo
Premier: $149.99/mo

Note that all packages are currently on sale at $20 off for the first two months before going up to the regular prices above.

That is just for Sales Tax, I do not know if his state has a different tax, in Florida we get charged the Florida Communications Services Tax.

Total CST Rate
4.92%​	State CST rate
+0.15%​	Gross receipts additional tax rate
+2.37%​	Gross receipts tax rate
+6.02%​	Local CST Rates (OSCEOLA COUNTY)-I looked it up
Total​	Total CST rate is 13.46% for me

Satellite TV gets charged less-

• Direct-to-home satellite service is taxed at a state rate of 9.07% plus 2.37% gross receipts tax for a total of 11.44%. There is no local tax and no residential exemption.

Again, paying with Gift Cards ( which I buy with my Credit Card Points) lets me avoid the tax, so no tax on YTTV, Netflix, Hulu ( with Disney and ESPN) and Paramount+( with Showtime).

Tax on AMC+, Peacock and HBO since no gift cards available for those services.

Florida Dept. of Revenue - Florida Communications Services Tax

Florida Department of Revenue - The Florida Department of Revenue has three primary lines of business: (1) Administer tax law for 36 taxes and fees, processing nearly $37.5 billion and more than 10 million tax filings annually; (2) Enforce child support law on behalf of about 1,025,000 children...

floridarevenue.com

 

[NashGuy]

That is just for Sales Tax, I do not know if his state has a different tax, in Florida we get charged the Florida Communications Services Tax.

Total CST Rate
4.92%​	State CST rate
+0.15%​	Gross receipts additional tax rate
+2.37%​	Gross receipts tax rate
+6.02%​	Local CST Rates (OSCEOLA COUNTY)-I looked it up
Total​	Total CST rate is 13.46% for me

Satellite TV gets charged less-

• Direct-to-home satellite service is taxed at a state rate of 9.07% plus 2.37% gross receipts tax for a total of 11.44%. There is no local tax and no residential exemption.

Again, paying with Gift Cards ( which I buy with my Credit Card Points) lets me avoid the tax, so no tax on YTTV, Netflix, Hulu ( with Disney and ESPN) and Paramount+( with Showtime).

Tax on AMC+, Peacock and HBO since no gift cards available for those services.

Florida Dept. of Revenue - Florida Communications Services Tax

Florida Department of Revenue - The Florida Department of Revenue has three primary lines of business: (1) Administer tax law for 36 taxes and fees, processing nearly $37.5 billion and more than 10 million tax filings annually; (2) Enforce child support law on behalf of about 1,025,000 children...

floridarevenue.com

Hmm. Looks like FL may be the only state that has such a tax in lieu of sales tax. Weird that they're doing that. But then, hey, it's Florida.