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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 10:17 pm 
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How many newspapers will run this or a similar stupid picture about Thursday's "deadline" for filing income-tax returns without reminding readers that it doesn't really matter if they mail their returns a day or two "late."<p>Image


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 11:08 am 
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by blanp:
[b]How many newspapers will run this or a similar stupid picture about Thursday's "deadline" for filing income-tax returns without reminding readers that it doesn't really matter if they mail their returns a day or two "late."<p>Image[/b]<hr></blockquote> Since when? Doesn't that apply only if you are getting a refund?


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<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by SusanV:
Since when? Doesn't that apply only if you are getting a refund?<hr></blockquote><p>There's nothing "official" to apply, but the IRS couldn't care less is a return is a little late. It's not like there's nothing to do but wait for your return.


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Twice, I have filed a couple days late and was not penalized, though I owed money in each case. The amount was so insignificant that I'm sure nobody at the IRS gave a rat's ass. Of course, the statute of limitations gives them a couple more years to nail me, I think.<p>The other thing people apparently don't think about is simply getting an extension to file. You get another three months to procrastinate.


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