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Tax season is getting longer. Blame climate change.
The Washington Post via MSN ^ | April 17, 2023 | by Jacob Bogage

Posted on 04/17/2023 3:53:03 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The IRS granted extensions to taxpayers in seven states to file their taxes this year because of federal disaster declarations. Filers in parts of Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi have until July 31 to submit forms and payments because of severe storm and tornado damage.

The Earth’s warming climate is altering everything from animal migration patterns to when plants bloom. It’s also changing when Americans file taxes: As severe storms and natural disasters worsened by climate change afflict broader swaths of the country, the IRS is issuing more extensions for individuals and businesses to cope with the fallout sooner and pay taxes later.

“I think about that every time a tornado rips through Mississippi when it shouldn’t,” said Caroline Bruckner, managing director of American University’s Kogod Tax Policy Center.

Since 2021, the IRS has postponed the April tax deadline for parts of 15 states with federally declared “major disaster areas.” It has granted relief for other tax due dates — including for quarterly tax — to parts of 27 states in the same period.

That means for millions of Americans, tax season is getting longer, and the country’s national tradition of a rush to the mailbox, or tax-filing software, is changing by the year.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: globalwarming; hoax; propaganda; socialism

1 posted on 04/17/2023 3:53:03 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I just woke up and already I’ve hit peak idiocy for the day.


2 posted on 04/17/2023 3:57:05 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone els)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

My son told me that Californians have until October to file. I hope he’s right. He’s not doing it now.


3 posted on 04/17/2023 4:01:30 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It is nuts. I’ll admit I am glad we got a federal extension. Im going to the post office to drop my mailed ready to go check today.


4 posted on 04/17/2023 4:02:42 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Never expect peak idiocy when living in clown world. They just developer bigger and better clowns and idiots on double time.

🤡🌎


5 posted on 04/17/2023 4:06:00 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FamiliarFace

Your son is correct Ca. Has until Oct. because of all the storms this winter!!


6 posted on 04/17/2023 4:06:27 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Climate change makes me fart. It’s Science.


7 posted on 04/17/2023 4:12:35 AM PDT by _longranger81
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good old uncle sham. Spit,., expletive!


8 posted on 04/17/2023 4:18:57 AM PDT by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Kinda funny. We had some nasty storms this winter too. We just have another day to file ours. Guess Indiana didn’t declare a state of emergency.


9 posted on 04/17/2023 4:24:24 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It should apply to all states since Biden is such a disaster.


10 posted on 04/17/2023 4:29:28 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is there anything “climate change” can’t do?


11 posted on 04/17/2023 4:46:21 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Lying Democrat scum.


12 posted on 04/17/2023 4:48:01 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Good. Most last filed returns are that late because taxpayers, a declining lot, owe money. So the gov will receive less revenue than expected moving the default closer.


13 posted on 04/17/2023 4:59:38 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Can it teach an old dog a new trick? Can it lead a horse to water and make him drink?


14 posted on 04/17/2023 6:16:08 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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