Wednesday, March 14, 2012

IRS Will Give Last-Minute Filers a Hand

Your taxes are due at midnight.

The IRS gave you a little more time this year, figuring it wouldbe somewhat inhumane to force people to file by the usual April 15deadline on Saturday, which also was Passover.

And in that spirit, the agency has gotten the post office tostay open late to postmark returns until midnight at nearly 50 cityand suburban locations - last year, they offered the service at onlythree area locations.

Nevertheless, you say that there's absolutely no way you'll getyour taxes done by midnight? The form you want is Form 4868. It's asimple, one-page document, though you'll still have to estimate thetaxes you owe the government and send a …

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