Federal tax forms are due Monday, April 15.
It is Patriots' Day here in Massachusetts, which means one tax deadline is pushed off a day. However, another is not. Federal tax returns are due today, April 15. Massachusetts residents have an extra day to file their state returns, as the state tax deadline has been extended due to the Patriots' Day holiday. The state deadline is Tuesday, April 16, according to the state government website.
Obscure DC holiday, Patriot's Day gives Needham taxpayers a few extra days to prepare taxes
Needham tax procrastinators, rejoice. While you were preparing for a hurried next day-and-a-half locating W-2 forms and going through shoeboxes filled with last year's receipts and then a rush to the post office tomorrow night to make the April 15 federal and state income tax deadline, relax. You actually will have until Monday, April 18 to post or send in via the internet your federal taxes and April 19 for your state form. No, this is not a late April Fool's prank. In fact, you can thank an obscure holiday celebrated in Washington D.C. for these extra days of grace from filing our taxes. According to both IRS and Massachusetts Department of Revenue websites, this year Emancipation Day, a holiday recognized in the District, will fall on …
Don't panic: It's not the last day to file 2010 taxes.
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