The tax was originally put in place on wealthy phone owners to pay for the Spanish-American War.
First the trasury fought this then Treasury Sec Snow said this - "That's the taxpayers' money, and they deserve to have it, not the government," announcing the government's decision to stop fighting companies that have been successfully challenging the tax in court.
Well anyway there may be a refund coming our way plus there is talk about eliminating the fed tax on local calling.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1152AP_Telephone_Taxes.html
First the trasury fought this then Treasury Sec Snow said this - "That's the taxpayers' money, and they deserve to have it, not the government," announcing the government's decision to stop fighting companies that have been successfully challenging the tax in court.
Well anyway there may be a refund coming our way plus there is talk about eliminating the fed tax on local calling.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1152AP_Telephone_Taxes.html