IRS Offers Refund on Telephone Tax

By Elizabeth Schwinn

The IRS has issued instructions to help charities claim a refund of taxes they paid on long-distance telephone calls in years past.

The tax agency said in May that it will no longer tax long-distance calls and will return taxes it collected on such calls going back to 2003.

The IRS expects to return a total of $13-billion collected in long-distance taxes to charities, businesses, and individuals.

In its announcement, the revenue service tells nonprofit organizations and

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