McLoud said she and a friend were both charged city sales tax on their telephone bills. She’s also been told she owes other city taxes, and it could be happening to other unsuspecting rural Oklahomans.

Oklahoma Tax Commission and AT&T spokesmen say they don’t know how many people are affected, but they haven’t received many complaints.

McLoud’s problem apparently stems from her residence having the same five-digit ZIP code as Holdenville residents, even though McLoud lives about four miles southwest of the Holdenville city limit.

McLoud asked a woman who lives east of Holdenville to check her telephone bill, and the woman discovered she also is being charged the city’s 5 percent sales tax.

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