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May 29, 2006
Everybody gets a chalupa
so, I was reading this article on ars about a tax that has been in place on long distance phones calls since the Spanish-American war. Turns out the war is over, by about a century, and the .gov is going to stop collecting it.
Even better they're refunding the last 3 years worth of it.
To get your refund you just need to refile your taxes. Yep, just refile all that paper work and you'll get the estimated sum of $10 or so.
I always thought that one of the rules for stuff like this and class action lawsuits and recalls was that it be easy for the consumer to cash in on it. Refiling taxes does not fall into a category with the word "easy" in it's title as far as I'm concerned.
Here's my proposal on how to dispense the refund, free chalupa day. Every american with some proof of id gets a chalupa. Heck, even give'm 2, that's still < $10. I think that's < $4 but whatever. It's easy, and everyone wins.
I know that chalupa's aren't the most healthy but it's just 2 of them, you'll be fine.
Thoughts?
Posted by bucjos at May 29, 2006 07:50 PM
Comments
Wow that article is bad. That's actually closer to the per year figures, and they're refunding 3 years (so it'll probably be closer to $50 or whatever you can prove you paid). It'll also be on the 2006 taxes (filed next year), so no refiling necessary. See this.
Posted by: Jeremy at May 29, 2006 11:00 PM
whoa, wait, re-file taxes from this year, or all the years since the Spanish-American war?
Posted by: babada at May 30, 2006 09:25 AM
i like chalupas....mmm.....
Posted by: brooke at May 31, 2006 10:37 AM
Whoops, guess I was under the wrong impression. For $50 I would do it, but I can't personally, I've never had a landline to pay taxes on, nor have I, as far as I know, ever made a "long distance" phone call except with my cell but it was during free nights and weekends so I think I'm out of luck on this rebate.
I still want a chalupa though...never talk about food before lunch.
Posted by: JoeBuck at May 31, 2006 11:21 AM
Don't need a landline. Cell phones are covered too (I think it may be of the entire bill there, as the unlimited long distance isn't a separate line item).
Posted by: Jeremy at May 31, 2006 05:57 PM