Augusta, GA
With tax deadline nearly upon us, are you ready?
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Individuals throughout the nation have till Tuesday at midnight to file their taxes or face penalties.
The tax deadline is often April 15 however due to a weekend and Washington recognizing Emancipation Day, that deadline was pushed again.
However regardless of a later deadline, Mark Steber, the chief tax data Officer for Jackson Hewitt, says that most individuals have already filed for his or her returns.
Steber additionally says that due to tax codes returning to pre-pandemic type, folks’s returns are trying somewhat lighter this yr.
“We’re in actual fact, or the nation is, as IRS information exhibits, seeing smaller refunds this yr and fewer folks getting refunds, and that’s for quite a lot of causes. However they’re not smaller refunds in the event you take a look at two years in the past. They’re about in keeping with these,” Mark Steber mentioned.
The deadline to file for an extension can be Tuesday.
The extension deadline is Oct. 16.
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