3 Extra Days to Pay Taxes This Year

Taxes. April 18th. Gidder dun. There. Done. ‘Nuff said. Alright, not many of you might know or care that taxes are almost always on April 15th. However, this year, that isn’t true. This is because April 15th 2016 lands on a holiday in Washington D.C. Emancipation Day. Emancipation Day is when Washington D.C. celebrates the freeing of all slaves. ‘Tax Day’ also lands on a Friday, and according to logic, you can’t schedule the due date for taxes on a weekend. In Massachusetts and Maine, they get another day to procrastinate because April 18th is Patriot’s Day. This is a day to mark the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Many of you might be thinking, “Okay, this nerdy 13 year old just wasted my time with pointless information about taxes. Taxes of all things! So what.” Well, think again! Anyone who has a job has to pay taxes! This actually accounts for 1 in 4 high school students! A fellow journalist had to fill out paperwork for taxes, and he will be paying taxes next year. Whether or not you just wasted your time reading this, or are frantically scrambling around to get your taxes all filed together, have a good tax season!