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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — — Each month Rob Douglas pays a city sales tax on his Verizon Wireless bill — it was $2.55 in February. But there’s a problem. He doesn’t live in Steamboat Springs city limits.
Douglas lives in Tree Haus, just outside city limits where there isn’t mail delivery.
Douglas is among an unknown number of county residents who, because they still have a Steamboat zip code, are assessed a sales tax it doesn’t appear they should have to pay.
City officials acknowledge they’ve known about the issue for several years, and they say Verizon Wireless is responsible.
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