2016 Income Tax Deadline: Last Day To File Is Almost Here

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Tampa Bay area residents who have procrastinated in filing their 2015 income tax returns get a few extra days to get the job done this year. Courtesy of a holiday in the country’s capital, the deadline to submit is April, 18, 2016, rather than the standard April 15 date.

The Internal Revenue Service says that Washington, D.C., will celebrate Emancipation Day on Friday, April 15. That pushes the federal tax deadline to the following Monday for most of the nation.

April 18 is also the day for filing state income taxes in most parts of the country. Floridians get a break here since Florida doesn’t have a state income tax. Taxpayers who can’t pay their federal taxes owed by April 18 may set up a monthly payment plan using the Online Payment Agreement option on IRS.gov.

For those planning to file paper returns, the U.S. Postal Service has a number of locations in the Tampa Bay area that stay open past 5 p.m. regularly. Here are just a few of the locations:

• St. Petersburg Main Office, 3135 1st. Ave. N., open until 7 p.m.
• Tampa Main Office, 3501 Bessie Coleman Blvd., open until 10 p.m.
• Tampa Carrollwood, 12651 N. Dale Mabry Highway, open until 7 p.m.
• Largo, 50 8th Ave. S.W., open until 5:30 p.m.
• New Tampa, 16350 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., open until 5:30 p.m.
• Sarasota, 1661 Ringling Blvd., open until 5:30 p.m.
• Braden River, 4112 53rd Ave. E., Bradenton, open until 6 p.m.
• Glengarry, 935 N. Beneva Road, Suite 801, open until 5:30 p.m.

To search for other post office locations open past 5 p.m., visit the United States Postal Service online.

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