Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Potential Refunds Available for AT&T Customers Based on Business Location

http://www.oclsettlement.com Deadline is September 30, 2005

AT&T residential and business customers in 28 affected states may be eligible for a refund of city or municipal tax on long distance calls if they did not reside or maintain an office within the city or municipal boundaries from January 1994 to April 12, 2005. The class action lawsuit and resulting tax refunds are subject to legal approval in September 2005.

Possible actions: File a claim for each location that qualifies (in which you did not reside) and receive a refund for all taxes paid if you have copies of bills for those years. Absent copies of all bills, proof of incorrect taxes being paid for those locations where you did not have a place of business and qualify for up to three years refund without receipts for each month.

Recommended steps: Review bills from early 2005 (January to March) to determine if you paid city or municipal tax for any of the 28 states where you do not have a location. If you determine there are qualifying taxes, file claims for up to three years if you don’t have bills that go back that far and file claims for further back if you have copies of those bills.