| The IRS has decided to give up the fight on an | | | | bills, this tax can add up quickly given the fact it is |
| ongoing legal issue regarding taxes it has collected | | | | calculated at three percent of your total bill. |
| on long distance telephone services. Here is the | | | | The tax in question is known as the federal |
| scoop. | | | | excise tax on long distance telephone service. It |
| The IRS Owes You Money If You Have Paid | | | | was created in 1898. Yes, this tax arose well |
| Long Distance Phone Taxes | | | | over one hundred years ago. As you might |
| Every one of us pays for some form of long | | | | image, a few people started to wonder how a |
| distance telephone service. The more you use the | | | | tax established in 1898 could possibly apply today, |
| service, the more you start hunting for better | | | | particularly given the advancement of telephone |
| rates. Whatever choice you make, however, you | | | | technologies. Turns out it doesn't apply! Given a |
| are always stuck paying a federal tax on the bill. | | | | chance to review the situation, five appellate |
| For those of you with large long distance phone | | | | courts have ruled the tax invalid. |