Teletruth Telephone Bill Tax Intelligence Test Hard Version ---Phone Bill Answers. Return to the Phone Bill Test Questions. We believe this to be the correct application of taxes and surcharges on the phone bill. The Federal Tax, for example, is applied to the FCC Line Charge, Potability, Universal Service and Surcharges for a total of $.22, at a taxable rate of 3%. However, as of this writing, we are still not sure of "surcharges" applications, since we have found contradictory information on phone bills. If you marked that the Federal Tax was not on any of these items, you must deduct 2 points from your score, and you must also mark wrong if you did not apply Federal tax to say, the Universal Service Fund. Also, getting everything to add up took two experts 4 hours of work each. FCC Line Portability Federal State 911 FUSF Surcharges FCC Line . . "X" .X . .X .X Portability . . .X .X . .X .X Federal . . . . . . . State . . . . . . . 911 . . . . . . . FUSF . . .X .X . . .X Surcharges . . .X . . . . Totals $6.00 $.23 $.22 $.59 $1.00 $.57 $.37 How well did you do? Pick One: 10% Right ---Politician.   20% Right ---FCC Commissioner.  30% Right ---Rocket Scientist.  35% Right ---Brain Surgeon. 90% Right ---Teletruth Auditing Team. Bonus Question ----- How do I get involved to fix this mess? It is obvious that virtually no one in America, without serious documentation, could ever get any of these correct. For example, there is no indication by Verizon on their web site or phone bill that Federal Taxes are applied to Surcharges or the Universal Service Fund, much less that Federal Tax is 3%. Verizon is not alone in this lack of "Truth-in-Billing" documentation. This all needs to come under serious investigation NOW! Join in a Petition to Remove the FCC Line Charge and Investigate ALL Charges. Read the new expose:  "The Dirty Little Secret Lives of Phone Bills" ----The Expose the Phone Companies Don't Want You To Read --- More Scandals that Cost You More Money. Join Teletruth and/or Donate Money. Get involved with fixing the problems of Telecom, Internet, Broadband, and Wireless services