Federal Credit for Federal Telephone Excise Tax Paid

Credit for Federal Telephone Excise Tax Paid
2006 Form 8913
Form

8913

Credit for Federal Telephone Excise Tax Paid
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Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

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OMB No. 1545-2051

2006

See the separate instructions.

Attachment
Sequence No.

Attach to your income tax return.

Name(s) as shown on your income tax return

63

Identifying number

Enter the federal telephone excise tax billed during each period as listed in column (a) of lines 1–14 below.
By filing this form, you are certifying that you (1) have not received from your service provider a credit or refund of the tax paid on
long distance service or bundled service billed after February 28, 2003, and before August 1, 2006, and (2) will not ask your
provider for a credit or refund or have withdrawn any request submitted to the provider for a credit or refund.
Caution. See the instructions for explanations of the services that qualify for a credit or refund of the federal telephone excise tax.

Amount of federal excise tax on long distance or
bundled service only
(b) Long
distance
service

(a) Bills dated during:
1 March, April, and
May 2003
2 June, July, and
August 2003

$

(c) Bundled
service

$

(d) Tax credit or
refund (add
columns (b) and (c))

(e) Interest
(see instructions)

$

$

$

$

3 September, October, and
November 2003
4 December 2003; January
and February 2004
5 March, April, and
May 2004
6 June, July, and
August 2004
7 September, October, and
November 2004
8 December 2004; January
and February 2005
9 March, April, and
May 2005
10 June, July, and
August 2005
11 September, October, and
November 2005
12 December 2005; January
and February 2006
13 March, April, and
May 2006
14 June and
July 2006
15 Add lines 1–14 in columns (d) and (e)
16 Total credit or refund requested. Add columns (d) and (e) on line 15. Enter here
and on Form 1040, line 71; Form 1040A, line 42; Form 1040EZ, line 9; Form
1040EZ-T, line 1a; Form 1040NR, line 69; Form 1040NR-EZ, line 21; Form 1120,
line 32g; Form 1120-A, line 28g; Form 1120S, line 23d; Form 1041, line 24f;
Form 1041-N, line 17; Form 1065, line 23; Form 990-T, line 44f; or the proper
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line of other returns
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see page 2.

Cat. No. 37723M

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Form

8913

(2006)

Form 8913 (2006)

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. We ask for the
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Revenue laws of the United States. We need it to
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The time needed to complete and file Form 8913 will
vary depending on individual circumstances. The
estimated burden for individual taxpayers filing Form
8913 is approved under OMB control number
1545-0074 and is included in the estimates shown in
the instructions for their individual income tax return.
The estimated burden for all other taxpayers who file
Form 8913 is shown below.
Recordkeeping
13 hr., 37 min.
Preparing and sending
the form to the IRS
13 min.
If you have comments concerning the accuracy of
these time estimates or suggestions for making this
form simpler, we would be happy to hear from you.
See the instructions for the tax return with which this
form is filed.