Even though April 15th is traditionally the deadline for filing your taxes in the US, the IRS extended the deadline to April 17th this year. Read below:
IRS Kicks Off 2012 Tax Season with Deadline Extended to April 17
IR-2012-1, Jan. 4, 2012
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today opened the 2012 tax filing season by announcing that taxpayers have until April 17 to file their tax returns. The IRS encourages taxpayers to e-file as it is the best way to ensure accurate tax returns and get faster refunds.
The IRS also announced a number of improvements to help make this tax season easy for taxpayers. This includes new navigation features and helpful information on IRS.gov and a new pilot to allow taxpayers to use interactive video to get help with tax issues.
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