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Federal Phone tax refund stanmancini 12-30-2006
Posted by Harlan Lunsford on January 19, 2007, 8:25 pm
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>>>> I have all my old bills for all my phone lines. Can anyone
>>>> tell me which of the federal taxes are to be included in the
>>>> refund? My carrier is Verizon
>>>>
>>>> I have for federal taxes:
>>>> Federal subscriber line charge
>>>> Federal universal service fee
>>>> Federal universal service fee long distance
>>>> Federal excise tax

>>> The federal excise tax is what is being refunded.

>> Take a look at the form 8913 before you get too excited. I
>> doubt the time to complete the form is worth the small, if
>> any, extra refund above the "standard amount". And if you
>> use the 8913 for any phone you must use it for every phone -
>> separate forms for each phone. The "standard amount" covers
>> all phones.

> FWIW, I just looked through a few month's worth of (old)
> bills -- it comes out to around $2/month for me (Verizon
> flat rate plan along with two cell phones).

And before you get too excited about that, remember that
we're talking ONLY about federal excise tax on long distance
service. This does not pertain to federal excise tax on
local service.

ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA

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Posted by Stuart A. Bronstein on January 21, 2007, 4:18 pm
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>> FWIW, I just looked through a few month's worth of (old)
>> bills -- it comes out to around $2/month for me (Verizon
>> flat rate plan along with two cell phones).

> And before you get too excited about that, remember that
> we're talking ONLY about federal excise tax on long distance
> service. This does not pertain to federal excise tax on
> local service.

One of my clients audits phone bills for overcharges. She
just got a federal excise tax refund for a national company
that you've heard of, of just under $175,000.

Stu

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Posted by Harlan Lunsford on January 22, 2007, 3:59 am
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Stuart A. Bronstein wrote:

>>> FWIW, I just looked through a few month's worth of (old)
>>> bills -- it comes out to around $2/month for me (Verizon
>>> flat rate plan along with two cell phones).

>> And before you get too excited about that, remember that
>> we're talking ONLY about federal excise tax on long distance
>> service. This does not pertain to federal excise tax on
>> local service.

> One of my clients audits phone bills for overcharges. She
> just got a federal excise tax refund for a national company
> that you've heard of, of just under $175,000.

That's intresting. I went through my bills for the whole
time period. Even during tax season three years ago when I
was calling Memphis every day to efile returns, the total
tax on long distance one of those months never was more than
80cents, and of course besides those "heavy" months of Feb
and March, rest of year might have averaged 12 cents per
month. And many of those calls were on state society
business for which I got reimbursed. Even for local clients
who almost never make long distance calls, I'm not even
going to suggest they go back and do the figures.

ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA

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Posted by Richard Barndt on January 23, 2007, 2:04 am
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> And before you get too excited about that, remember that
> we're talking ONLY about federal excise tax on long distance
> service. This does not pertain to federal excise tax on
> local service.

Actually, that is federal excise tax on long distance or
federal excise tax on bundled services, such as a cell phone
plan which does not separate local and long-distance calls.
Plus you get interest for the back taxes. I did the
calculations for my phone usage -- land line with separate
long distance back in the early months, then two cell phones
for the second half of the credit period. My refund came
out to $80 and the standard amount would only be $50.

If you have a client with multiple cell phones, you could
easily have a significant refund due.

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