Today's is the day... April 18, is Tax DUE date..

Why is April 18 and not April 15, 2011.

In 2011, Washington, D.C., will celebrate Emancipation Day. That is the anniversary of the day that President Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act. The Act, which was "for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia," freed 3,100 slaves in the District, making DC residents the "first freed" by the federal government. Since 2005, WA DC was made an official public holiday in the District of Columbia.

So, Monday, April 18. is the date your form has to be either submitted electronically or postmarked by for your tax return to be considered timely filed by the IRS.

Furthermore, individual federal income tax returns on a "normal" extension will be due on Monday, October 17, 2011; that's because October 15, 2011, (the regular extension due date) falls on a Saturday.

Source IRS.




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