Anybody have an extra $3 million they could spare??

The Worm · 03-30-2007, 02:16 PM

Many NH residents not claiming one-time tax refund

PORTSMOUTH (AP) - The IRS says it looks like many New Hampshire residents are overlooking a chance to boost their tax refunds this year.

New Hampshire has the third-lowest percentage in the nation of taxpayers including a federal telephone excise tax refund. The refund is worth $30-$60.

The IRS says nearly 99,000 returns filed in New Hampshire did not claim the telephone refund, meaning about $3 million in refunds was not credited.

The government stopped collecting the tax last year after several courts ruled the tax was being applied incorrectly.

-Worm

jeffk · 03-30-2007, 04:44 PM

TaxCut automatically dropped it in for me. I got mine.

This'nThat · 03-31-2007, 10:35 AM

This made up a large percentage of my $98 return this year. Woo-hoo!!
And then I applied that to my $370 March oil bill. Double woo-hoo!! Rolling in the dough, going up-town with all these tax breaks. Passing out the cigars. Patting myself on the back. Test-driving the Jag. Trying on the Rolex. And all those other rich-guy activities I've heard about for so long...

Brewer720 · 03-31-2007, 11:09 AM

My tax accountant told me that the tax $$$ are being returned because the tax was originally levied to pay for the Spanish-American war and that it suddenly occurred to someone that the war must have been paid for by now.

03-30-2007, 02:16 PM	#1
The Worm Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 41 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Anybody have an extra $3 million they could spare?? Many NH residents not claiming one-time tax refund PORTSMOUTH (AP) - The IRS says it looks like many New Hampshire residents are overlooking a chance to boost their tax refunds this year. New Hampshire has the third-lowest percentage in the nation of taxpayers including a federal telephone excise tax refund. The refund is worth $30-$60. The IRS says nearly 99,000 returns filed in New Hampshire did not claim the telephone refund, meaning about $3 million in refunds was not credited. The government stopped collecting the tax last year after several courts ruled the tax was being applied incorrectly. -Worm

03-30-2007, 04:44 PM	#2
jeffk Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,172 Thanks: 206 Thanked 437 Times in 253 Posts	Use tax software TaxCut automatically dropped it in for me. I got mine.

03-31-2007, 11:09 AM	#4
Brewer720 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Leominster, MA, USA Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The reason for the tax in the first place My tax accountant told me that the tax $$$ are being returned because the tax was originally levied to pay for the Spanish-American war and that it suddenly occurred to someone that the war must have been paid for by now.

03-31-2007, 10:35 AM	#3
This'nThat Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 534 Thanks: 19 Thanked 134 Times in 61 Posts	This made up a large percentage of my $98 return this year. Woo-hoo!! And then I applied that to my $370 March oil bill. Double woo-hoo!! Rolling in the dough, going up-town with all these tax breaks. Passing out the cigars. Patting myself on the back. Test-driving the Jag. Trying on the Rolex. And all those other rich-guy activities I've heard about for so long...