More e-services than ever will be available from the Internal Revenue Service this year for Maine taxpayers and tax preparers including a newly redesigned Web site, improved online tools and enhanced electronic services.
In addition, Maine taxpayers will have an extra day to file their tax returns. The filing deadline is normally April 15, however this year that date falls on a Saturday, so that means the deadline would be extended to Monday, April 17. But since that is Patriot’s Day in Massachusetts, Maine taxpayers that file to the Andover, Mass. service center will have until April 18 to file their returns.
The IRS expects to process about 624,000 individual tax returns from Maine taxpayers in 2006 and expects continued growth for IRS e-file. The agency surpassed an important milestone last year as more than half the nation’s taxpayers filed their tax returns electronically. IRS e-file will be available beginning later this month.
Taxpayers who use IRS e-file and have their tax returns deposited directly into their bank account can receive their refund in two weeks or less. That’s less than half the time needed for paper returns. For more information, visit www.irs.gov.
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