[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 26, Volume 16] [Revised as of April 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 26CFR49.4253-5] [Page 248] TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED) PART 49_FACILITIES AND SERVICES EXCISE TAXES--Table of Contents Subpart C_Communications Sec. 49.4253-5 Exemption for items otherwise taxed. A dispatch, message, or conversation transmitted by toll telephone, telegraph, or teletypewriter exchange over the combined facilities of several lines or stations of one or more persons is considered to be one dispatch, message, or conversation, and is subject to only one payment of tax under section 4251.