IRS Says Taxpayers Can Still Request Phone Refund

According to the IRS, thousands of taxpayers still have the opportunity to collect the one time phone tax refund. Nearly all phone customers, including cell phone customers, are eligible for the refund that over 92.1 million taxpayers, or 71.6% of all individual tax return filers, have already requested. The IRS is encouraging all taxpayers who haven’t filed their tax return yet or who obtained a tax-filing extension earlier this year to remember to include the tax credit when filing their returns. Taxpayers who don’t need to file a regular income-tax return can use Form 1040EZ-T, a special short form for requesting the refund.

Free File For Telephone Tax Refund

Because of the confusion over the telephone tax refund the IRS is reminding telephone users who do not normally file tax returns that they can take advantage of the Free File system to request a telephone tax refund. According to the IRS the Free File system is the easiest and quickest way to request the refund, which could arrive in taxpayers bank accounts in about two weeks. IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson claims, "Fee File is a great choice for people who don’t normally need to file a tax return but who are entitled to this special telephone excise tax refund." For more information on requesting a telephone tax refund through Free File, visit the IRS’s official site.