26 C.F.R. § 49.4254-2

Payment for toll telephone service or telegraph service in coin-operated telephones.

Last amended: 2014Year: 2026Length: 84 wordsOfficial source

Cite as 26 C.F.R. § 49.4254-2 (2026)

Where the tax on a toll telephone or radio telephone message or conversation, or a telegraph, cable, or radio dispatch or message is paid by inserting coins in a coin-operated telephone, the tax shall be computed to the nearest multiple of 5 cents, and where the tax is midway between multiples of 5 cents, the next highest multiple shall apply. In other words, one-half or a greater fraction of 5 cents shall be treated as 5 cents and a smaller fraction shall be ignored.
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