Hooray! The Spanish-American war is over!
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:38:04 GMT
Yes, we can finally stop paying for the Spanish-American war which was waged back in 1898!
According to this article in the Motley Fool:
It seems that we American consumers of telephone services have been paying an excise tax on our phone bills for a heck of a long time. Apparently, this tax was imposed back in 1898 – get this – to help pay for the Spanish-American War.
If you have been using a telephone any time from 2003 to 2006, you are due a tax refund for the amount of Federal Excise Tax on your bills. You can claim the standard deduction or itemize your phone bills from 2003.
You can find out more information in the IRS website here.
