Last Chance: Tax Returns Tomorrow

The good news is your 2011 tax return isn't due today. You've got one more day to file it or to request an extension.

Normally, the tax deadline is April 15. But this year, April 15 fell on a Sunday. And today is Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in the District of Columbia.

"According to federal law, District of Columbia holidays impact tax deadlines in the same way that federal holidays do; therefore, all taxpayers will have two extra days to file this year," the Internal Revenue Service said in a Jan. 4 press release.

If you're mailing your return, United States Postal Service officials say mail them before your post office closes.

Some post offices in the Atlanta are open late for this year's April 17 filing deadline, including those in Canton, Kennesaw and Marietta. See the full list in the .pdf attached to this article.

Tax Day operating hours for post offices in and near Cartersville are:

• from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
• North Corners, 918 Joe Frank Harris Parkway, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and
• on Fire Tower Road from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Atlanta District Manager Sal Vacca in a press release recommends visiting post offices early in the day to avoid last-minute long lines. Give returns to outside collection employees (where available), use Self Service Ship and Mail Centers for stamp purchases and double check returns for the proper address and correct postage, Vacca said.

Mail weighing 13 ounces or more must be presented at the retail counter.

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