Snidely, they aren't taxes for the simple reason that I couldn't itemize them in federal deductions. That isn't quite as relevant nowadays, I suppose. There i

Snidely, they aren't taxes for the simple reason that I couldn't itemize them in federal deductions. That isn't quite as relevant nowadays, I suppose. There is also usually a benefit for Comcast in this, as well. As such, it feels somewhat ok to treat them separate from taxes collected by Comcast. In particular, it is not uncommon for the franchise agreement to free up a ton of advertising concerns that the company would otherwise have to do. I do think an interesting question is if this is counted as revenue for them? I'm currently assuming that they do count it in gross revenue? As such, it is literally them finding a way to get more revenue for places that cost more to do business, without open faced charging more. That is, yes it is an expense that they have to pay, but so is, for example, the gas they have to pay to send a technician out. For that matter, the vehicle is also an expense of doing business. I'd be annoyed if those were line item added to my bill as a way to inflate what I paid. Not sure how this is any different?