The IRS has a standard claim of $30, which means you can avoid all the extra
paperwork.

<condor_222@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Dear Experts,
>
> I'm doing my taxes. I know I can get "a credit or refund
> of the tax paid on long distance service or bundled
> service billed after February 28, 2003, and before
> August 1, 2006" by filling out form Form 8913.
>
>
> And, what I read, tells me everything,
> except what I need to know. Mainly, it says,
> Excise tax.
>
> I have all my phone bills from this time period.
> Just what lines do I tally up?????
>
>
> I live in Mass. and have a bill with Verizon.
>
> Look at all the taxes, and I'm only listed the ones
> for the Feds here.
>
>
> Page 3
>
> Verizon Basic Local services page
>
> 2 surcharges
> FCC line charge 6.45
> ...
> Federal Tax .80
> ...
> Federal USF surcharge .62
> ...
>
> Verizon Optional Services
> lines 6 to 11, and then there is:
> Federal tax .24
>
>
> Page 5
>
> Then there is a page with calls I made with a dial around,
> another company.
> ...
> ...
> Federal tax .07
> ...
>
>
> Page 6
>
> I then have a page for Verizon Long Distance
>
> Long distance summary
> ...
> ...
> Surcharges and taxes 3.95
>
> Long distance plans and other charges
> Federal Universal service 3.91
> ...
> ...
>
> Long Distance Surcharge and Taxes
> Federal Tax 1.48
> ...
>
>
>
> If you add up all these, I get: 17.52
> for the month.
>
>
> And this was a lean month of long distance.
>
>
> So, who can tell me, precisely, which lines I
> am allowed to tally up?
>
>
> Thanks a lot!
>