Tax Day has come

Millions of taxpayers face a midnight deadline to file their tax returns.

Millions of taxpayers face a midnight deadline to file their tax returns, while millions of people will ask for more time-an extension of six months. The deadline for submission date was delayed on Monday, three days beyond the traditional deadline of April 15 because Friday was a holiday in the District of Columbia.

The deadline for submission traditional April 15 date was extended because of Emancipation Day, a holiday in the capital of the nation. commemorates the signing of the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862. The act freed more than 3,000 people enslaved in the district and compensate their owners.

The Friday holiday tax moves within the next business day. In Massachusetts and Maine, taxpayers get an extra day to file. The deadline is Tuesday because there Monday is a holiday, Patriots Day ', in both states. the holiday commemorating the first battles of the War of Independence in 1775.

When the federal deadline moves back, state and local deadlines also move back to match.

150 million returns

The IRS expects that millions of tax returns that occur each day the tax deadline approaching, with over 5 million possible statements on Monday. It is expected that more than 150 million tax returns to be filed in 2016. As of April 8, nearly 82 million refunds were issued, said the IRS. The average refund amount was $ 2,798.

For those who need more time to finish their statements, tax extensions are available. The IRS reminds taxpayers extensions that give more time to make statements, but do not extend time to pay. The IRS expects to receive 13.5 million extension requests.

CONGRESS OBJECTIVES IRS

The IRS is a favorite target of lawmakers from both parties who complain about the complexity of the tax code and regulations covering over 70,000 pages accompanying. Instructions for completing IRS Form 1040 - the return main tax on individual income - more than 100 pages run.

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Says the House will vote this week on a half-dozen bills to keep the IRS more accountable. "Justice is our guide and accountability is the goal in trying to make the IRS debt to the American people," McCarthy said in a statement.

A bill would require the IRS to repress employees who are delinquent on their taxes. According to the inspector general of the agency, about 1,600 IRS employees have stopped paying their own taxes in the last decade.

The house will also consider legislation that blocks the IRS rehiring employees who were already dismissed by the agency for misconduct. It will vote on bills to ban IRS employees to get bonus payments until the body initiates a plan to improve customer service, and to block any financing IRS are used to guide citizens purposes politicians.

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