Who is eligible to request the telephone tax refund?
In general, any individual, business or nonprofit organization that paid long-distance tax for service billed after Feb 28, 2003 and before Aug 1, 2006 is eligible to request the refund. What is the standard amount? Individual taxpayers can take a standard amount from $30 to $60 based on the number of exemptions claimed on their tax return. For those claiming: • one exemption, the standard refund amount is: $30 • two exemptions, the standard refund amount is: $40 • three exemptions, the standard refund amount is: $50 • four exemptions or more, the standard refund amount is: $60 The instructions to the 2006 1040 tax forms will provide more information on how to determine the correct number of exemptions. (Because the term, “exemptions” does not appear on Form 1040EZ, people who fill out this form should follow the instructions carefully.) The standard amount is based on actual telephone usage data, and the amount applicable to a family or other household reflects the long-distance phone
In general, any individual, business or nonprofit organization that paid the tax for long distance or bundled service billed after Feb. 28, 2003, and before Aug. 1, 2006, is eligible to request the refund. What is a refund-eligible bundled service? Bundled service is local and long distance service provided under a plan that does not separately state the charge for the local telephone service. Bundled service includes plans that provide both local and long distance service for either a flat monthly fee or a charge that varies with the elapsed transmission time for which the service is used. Telecommunications companies provide bundled service for both landline and wireless (cellular) service. If Voice over Internet Protocol service (VoIP) provides both local and long distance service and the charges are not separately stated, such service is bundled service. The method of sending or receiving a call, such as on a landline telephone, wireless (cellular), or some other method, does not a
In general, any individual, business or nonprofit organization that paid the tax for long distance or bundled service billed after Feb. 28, 2003 and before Aug. 1, 2006 is eligible to request the refund. What is a refund-eligible bundled service? Bundled service is local and long distance service provided under a single plan that does not state the charge for the local telephone service separately from other services. Bundled service plans include, for example, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, and landline and wireless (cellular) service plans that provide both local and long distance service for either a flat monthly fee or a charge that varies only with the elapsed transmission time for which the service is used. Telecommunications companies provide bundled service for both landlines and wireless (cellular) service. If VoIP service provides both local and long distance service and the charges are not separately stated, such service is bundled service. The method of sendin
