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Refund of Long-Distance Telephone Taxes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-new-to-go-with-my-1040-oh-joy dept.

pertelote writes "Over 108 years after financing the Spanish American War, the tax on long-distance phone calls is finally being repealed. The IRS is supposed to refund our last three years worth of taxes for both landlines and cell phones on our returns next year. The phone companies sued because they did not want the hassle of collecting the tax. The tax is no longer in effect on 31 July, 2006." Don't get too excited about a big windfall. From the article: "Consumers, who pay about 40 percent of the taxes collected, typically pay about $18 a year in excise taxes if they have a long-distance service and a cellphone. They will be able to file for a refund on their 2006 federal income tax returns."

3 of 303 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I have a better idea on how we can save money by plague3106 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think the best way to get rid of pork is to go back to the state governments electing the members of Senate, instead of having the people elect them.

  2. Re:If it were private industry by Sygnus · · Score: 0, Troll
    Basically it is nothing but a bunch of fearmongering. We see this pattern time and time again, and it has been happening since way before the Spanish American War in 1898. It continues to happen today with Iraq and "the terrorists".

    Fearmongering?

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  3. Re:The Nature of Taxes by geoffrobinson · · Score: 0, Troll

    I so badly wish I had mod points to give you.

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