[x]Blackmoor Vituperative

Wednesday, 2006-08-02

War and taxes

Filed under: Society — bblackmoor @ 10:23

The Spanish-American War has been over for more than 100 years, and now so is a portion of the tax imposed in 1898 to help fund it.

As of Tuesday, all phone companies selling long-distance phone service are legally required to eliminate the 3 percent federal excise tax on long-distance service. The last portion of the tax, pertaining only to local telephone service, remains in effect.