My wife showed me the following article in an AARP bulletin: Your 2006 federal income tax return contains a pleasant surprise - the refund of long-distance telephone tax created to help fund the Spanish-American War. The tax was adapted as a "luxury" tax in 1898 in the days of Teddy Roosevelt, when only wealthy people had telephone service. Federal courts have ruled that the 3 percent tax does not apply to long-distance service as it is billed today. However, telephone users will continue to pay federal taxes on local service. Nice to see our Government is on top of things!!!
