Tax Day is Tuesday: 10 Last-Minute Tax Filing Tips
The tax deadline is April 17. Ten tips to help you make the deadline and get your return right.
The tax-filing deadline is April 17, but you must have your tax returns postmarked and in the mail by April 16. The IRS has 10 tips to help taxpayers still working on their tax returns. Most taxpayers file electronically. The IRS has processed more than 1 billion individual tax returns safely and securely since the nationwide debut of electronic filing in 1990. In fact, 112 million people—77 percent of all individual taxpayers—used IRS e-file last year. If you are filing a paper return, double-check that you have correctly figured the refund or balance due. If you e-file, the software will do this for you. If you are using Free File Fillable Forms or a paper return, double-check that you used the right figure from the tax table for your …
