Time's running out for taxpayers who extended
Here's a friendly reminder from the IRS.
Your buddies at the Internal Revenue Service want you to know that individuals who extended their 2005 return deadlines by six months have fewer than 30 days to file. The Oct. 16 deadline is rapidly approaching.
The good news: Extended taxpayers can still choose to e-file - submitting their returns electronically.
Qualified taxpayers - i.e. those who fit the IRS's bill by making $50,000 or less - also still have the chance to free file. The IRS has partnered with a number of tax-software makers to provide software and e-filing free to the 70 percent or so of taxpayers who fulfill the program's income requirements.
The IRS estimates that 9.6 million taxpayers filed for an extension to submit their tax return later this year, according to a news release from local spokesman Mark Hanson. This is the first year taxpayers have been able to extend for six months, instead of the traditional four months.
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