Tax-Filing Deadline is Tuesday
The Internal Revenue Service announced earlier this year that it would push the tax filing deadline to April 17.
Once again this year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is giving taxpayers extra time to file their tax returns, thanks to Emancipation Day. Last year, it was an extra weekend. This year, the IRS is extending the filing deadline to Tuesday, April 17. The IRS made the announcement in early January on its website. The deadline to file 2011 tax returns and pay any tax due is extended from April 15 to April 17, a news release states. That's because April 15 falls on a Sunday, and Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in the District of Columbia, falls on Monday, April 16. Federal law requires District of Columbia holidays to affect tax deadlines in the same way that federal holidays do, the IRS stated. "It's odd that they've done this two …
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