On Tax Day, an Extension May Be Better Than Rushing a Return
The IRS expected to receive tens of millions of last-minute filings electronically and through paper forms.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Monday is Tax Day — the federal deadline for individual tax filing and payments — and the IRS expects to receive tens of millions of last-minute filings electronically and through paper forms. As of April 8, the IRS had received more than 103 million returns for this tax season, and it had issued more than 63 million refunds worth more than $204 billion. For comparison, last year more than 169 million people…