IRS: Boston-Area Taxpayers Will Get Time on Taxes.

[elleng]

Source: nyt/ap

The Internal Revenue Service says Boston-area taxpayers need time to finish their tax returns without worry.

Noting the tragedy of the explosions Monday at the Boston Marathon that killed two and injured more than 100, the IRS said it will be providing individual tax filing and payment extensions. Details will be announced Tuesday.


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/04/15/us/politics/ap-us-boston-marathon-explosions-taxes.html?hp

[brooklynite]

1. Um...

Okay, I know nobody wants to be insensitive. But am I to assume you didn't file before today, and you were standing at the finish line with the forms in your pocket in the middle of the afternoon?

[StrayKat]

2. Not how I roll, but

there's a reason post offices are open until midnight on tax day.

[Carolina]

6. when you have to pay, you wait 'til the

11th hour!

[StrayKat]

9. :) For me, going a few days early is better than standing in lines.

[elleng]

11. I prepared a week ago but,

as I owed, couldn't make myself mail the checks until yesterday! (Did do it in the morning.)

[Carolina]

12. that's what I meant

I was prepared days ago, but didn't mail the checks to the Feds or my state until yesterday

[elleng]

13. Thought so!

Now won't want to check my account balance! Silly, I know I can/have covered the checks, but just HATE this! and I don't begrudge the Feds or the State, they're entitled; hell, I was a fed employee for 20+ years, and much of my income is from Feds.

[FailureToCommunicate]

3. Really?

A good chunk of Boston is cordoned off or shut down.

How about a little slack?

[Skittles]

4. there seems to be people who make a game out of mailing 5 mins before the deadline

and the post office gamely stays open to accommodate - it cracks me up

[AngryAmish]

15. I owe. If I don't then I'm doing it wrong.

Every refund is an interest free loan to the government.

I filed yesterday. Or at least I mailed the checks. Damn accountant better have e-filed or I'll sue him.

Isn't it archaic that we still mail checks?

[hughee99]

5. Self delete.

I guess things have changed since I last looked.

[Gormy Cuss]

7. The due date was tomorrow because of the state holiday

so yes, there are probably last minute filers who didn't get around to it today. It's probably not a large number of people affected by this.

[CreekDog]

8. i've done them that night or before and planned to mail them by midnight

[RobinA]

10. Beat Me To It

I mean, isn't this why you don't do things at the last minute? Because shit happens? I've never had any sympathy for people who can't seem to get things done until one minute after the deadline. Pisses me off when they get special treatment, because I've known too many of them. And I'm not talking extenuating circumstances, like a tornado blew your house away in mid-March.

[Gormy Cuss]

14. or extenuating circumstances like a bomb blew off your leg.

You do realize that some people complete the paperwork early but wait to file because they owe money, right? Or that they're waiting for mandatory documentation before filing? That they may have had to make the last minute decision to file an extension because they didn't have all the necessary info?

[CreekDog]

17. One is allowed to mail their taxes just before midnight on April 15th --it is allowed and encouraged

post offices in many areas have special dropoffs exclusively for this purpose.

where there are local holidays in DC, the tax deadline is pushed back for them.

if you think this government should penalize and go after people who filed on April 16th in the Boston area, knock yourself out --your idea is so bad that it would cost us more money than it would gain us.

[CreekDog]

16. look, you are being insensitive and your post shows you want to be insensitive

so let's just own that and not give yourself the benefit of the doubt.