Change in Tax Filing Deadline - April 17th

Wow . . . this one slipped right by me . . . but I wanted to share this once I realized it applied to all of us. Normally, only six states and the District of Columbia are impacted by a holiday known as Emancipation Day. This year that holiday lands on Monday, April 16th. Because of a federal statute enacted decades ago, holidays observed in the District of Columbia have an impact nationwide, not just in D.C. Under recently enacted city legislation, April 16 is a holiday in the District of Columbia. The IRS recently became aware of the intersection of the national filing day and the local observance of the new Emancipation Day holiday after most forms and publications for the current tax filing season went to print. So . . . long story short . . . tax filing day is Tuesday, April 17th. One more day to crunch numbers.