Tax Tips for Last-Minute Filers

How to file for an extension (and whether you even need to), getting in a few more deductions and other key advice as April 18 (yes, the 18th) approaches.

Tax Day falls on April 18 this year, or April 19 if you live in Massachusetts or Maine. (Why not April 15 as usual? It’s complicated.) So if you’re still pulling together all of your Form 1099s, enjoy the reprieve. But remember, if you, like most taxpayers, are due a refund, the IRS doesn’t care when you file; they’re happy to keep your money for you.

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Sandra Block
Senior Editor, Kiplinger's Personal Finance

Block joined Kiplinger in June 2012 from USA Today, where she was a reporter and personal finance columnist for more than 15 years. Prior to that, she worked for the Akron Beacon-Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. In 1993, she was a Knight-Bagehot fellow in economics and business journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She has a BA in communications from Bethany College in Bethany, W.Va.