Tax Year 2011 Filing Tips

The IRS announced that the filing deadline for 2011 income tax returns will be April 17, 2012. Normally, income tax returns are due on April 15th. But this year the 15th is a Sunday. April 16th is Emancipation Day, a holiday for the District of Columbia, so the filing date moves to April 17, 2012.

The IRS will accept eFile returns as early as January 17, 2012. The IRS Free File Program will also be effective on that date. Taxpayers with incomes of $57,000 or less may use the online Free File method. There is information about Free File and online filing of tax returns at the IRS website: www.irs.gov.

Smartphone users can download the IRS2Go app that lets taxpayers check on the status of their refund. Apple iPhone users may use the App Store and Android Smartphone users may use Marketplace to download the free app.

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