Tax filing deadline extended due to holiday at federal capital

Typically, tax filers must have their tax paperwork submitted by April 15. However, this year, due to a public holiday in the nation’s capital, filers will have a few more days to file. April 16 is a public holiday in Washington, D.C., known as Emancipation Day. It commemorates the day in 1862 that President Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act, which effectively abolished…

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