Daylight Savings time:
Set your clocks FORWARD this Sat at midnight. April 2.
NOTE: Congress passed an energy bill in August 2005 that extends Daylight Savings Time by a month. Beginning in 2007, Daylight Savings Time will start the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November.
TAXES!
Taxes must be postmarked by midnight on Sat, April 17th. 18 DAYS LEFT!
Palm Sunday: Friday April 1st.
Good Friday: April 14th.
Passover: Wednesday, April 12th (at sundown)
Easter: Sunday, April 16th. BYE BYE LENT!
Administrative Professionals' Day Wed April 26
(formerly Secretaries Day) - observed Wednesday of the last full week of April.
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Woburn, MA (PRWEB) April 1, 2006 -- Taxpayers unable to complete their tax returns by April 15 must file Form 4868, Application for Automatic Extension, with the IRS (available at www.irs.gov). “It’s important to note that when a person files for an extension, he or she is asking for more time to finish paperwork, not more time to pay any money that is due,” explains Andrew Schwartz, CPA, founder of the MDTAXES Network, an affiliation of CPAs throughout the country that specializes in tax planning and preparation for healthcare professionals. “If you owe taxes as of April 15th, expect to pay interest and possibly a penalty on the amount due.”
Whether you’re subject to a penalty depends on the amount of taxes owed after April 15th. Here are the basics:
Interest: Anyone who has a balance due to the IRS after April 15th will be charged interest by the IRS. According to the IRS' website, the current interest rate is 7%, which is a lot less than the rate charged by most credit card companies.
Failure to Pay Penalty: If you file for an extension, and you owe more than 10% of your final tax liability, expect to get hit with a "failure to pay" penalty that runs at 0.5% per month. That’s in addition to any interest you’ll owe on the balance due.
Failure to File Penalty: If you don't file an extension request by April 15th, the "failure to file" penalty runs at 5% per month, up to a maximum of 25% of the taxes owed. This penalty is equal to $50 per month on every $1,000 of taxes owed.
For example, if a person earns $100,000 this year and has a total federal tax liability of $20,000, they'll avoid the 0.5% per month failure to pay penalty as long as they end up paying less than $2,000 when they file a tax return later this year. By having 90% of their total tax liability paid by April 15th, filing an extension provides for an extra six months to come up with the remaining tax dollars owed at a relatively low interest rate. If no extension were filed, the penalty would be $100 per month on a $2,000 balance due.
This year with April 15th being on a Saturday the deadline is midnight April 17th. So that gives all procrastinators 48 extra hours this year!
Procrastinators......who? Oh, that's right, Im the one pulling her hair out to get this sssssstuff finished and now you're telling me I got till the 17th?? Yeeehawwww! 2 extra days! Think I'll go fishing tomorrow!
You forgot "National Doctors Day" March 30th... Thank you to all the doctors that work hard saving peoples lives.. Especially my hubby!!
I am aware that my appearance, by mortal standards, is strange, even unsettling.
If I am to be an ambassador of my people, tradition dictates that I look the part.
Sadly, those who judge me on my looks alone ignore the causes I champion
Still, when the need arises, I am a warrior.
Procrastinators......who? Oh, that's right, Im the one pulling her hair out to get this sssssstuff finished and now you're telling me I got till the 17th?? Yeeehawwww! 2 extra days! Think I'll go fishing tomorrow!
Oh No you don't!!!!!! Everytime we have asked you to go somewhere or do something your excuse had been those dang taxes. So on April 16, 2006 we are dragging your butt out.
I had to stop and ask self,"Do I really need to be here", and self says,"Only in the cover of darkness."
Oh No you don't!!!!!! Everytime we have asked you to go somewhere or do something your excuse had been those dang taxes. So on April 16, 2006 we are dragging your butt out.
Okay, okay......but can I go just for a little while??? I mean I have till the 17th now!
