IRS to Stop Collecting Long-Distance Telephone Tax - Telephone Tax Refund Set for 2007

IRS to Stop Collecting Long-Distance Telephone Tax - Telephone Tax Refund Set for 2007: "The Internal Revenue Service today announced that it will stop collecting the federal excise tax on long-distance telephone service. The tax on telephone services was first imposed in 1898. The current rate is 3% of the charges billed for these services. "