Cost assessment charge on my U Verse bill

This fee is to recover AT&T property taxes.  It's not a regulatory fee or tax.  The notice was on the prior month's Uverse bill.  I just checked this out too.  Stinks

I pay my own property tax, don't want to pay theirs! Can a doctor add a propery tax to their bill for services, or a bank? Why not just raise the rates if it is part of their business? 

Just found out this was a property tax recup that you are making your customers pay for. I pay my own property tax, don't want to pay for yours too. We are being feed and taxed to death already. If it is an operating cost just raise your rates! Be honest, how are we to trust you or your intentions when you act this sneaky!

AT&T rep. could not tell what it was for; blamed it on the government.    My cost assessment charge just more than doubled.   If this is for property tax then why don't i get a credit for this payment on my yearly property tax I pay to the County Tax assessors?   {edited for word filter evasion}

Cost Assessment Charge
For landline home phone subscribers only: The Cost Assessment Charge is a per-line, per-month fee that is not a tax or charge that the government requires AT&T to collect from its customers. It is a fee to recover AT&T costs associated with supporting the administration of government programs and requirements.

https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/u-verse-tv/KM1009532?gsi=oyTQjimk

https://forums.att.com/t5/AT-T-Phone-Account/Cost-assessment-charge/td-p/5403925

sorry duplicate reply.