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Question

I was reading in the newspaper about a Telephone Excise Tax Refund ,I already filed our taxes. Are we still allowed to check to see if we are entitled to a refund for that?

Answer 1

Taxpayers have a choice: a standard refund amount between $30 and $60, based on the total number of exemptions claimed on their 2006 tax return, to eliminate the need to locate old phone bills; or they can locate those bills and use the actual amount.

Choosing the standard refund amount? You’ll find an extra line on your tax returns for the refund.
Find those old phone bills? You can figure the refund using the actual amount of tax paid. Fill out Form 8913, Credit for Federal Telephone Excise Tax Paid, and attach it to your return.
Don't need to file a return? You can still request the refund. Use the new Form 1040EZ-T, Request for Refund of Federal Telephone Excise Tax, to choose the standard amount. Attach Form 8913 to Form 1040EZ-T if you use the actual amount. Also, some companies offer free e-filing of Form 1040EZ-T.
Filing Schedule C, E or F? You may be eligible to use the special formula for businesses if you have more than $25,000 in gross receipts.
If you already filed your return you would have to file an amended return to claim this you need form 1040X



http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=164032,00.html

Answer 2

You're almost surely eligible if you had long distance service sometime between March 2003 and June 2006. If you already filed your return and didn't claim it, you'll have to file an amended return to claim it now. If you didn't file yet, write the amount on the line in the PAYMENTS section of whatever version of 1040 you are filing.

Answer 3

Check the IRS website...you should be able to file an amended return.