Tax tips to help you meet the Oct. 16 filing deadline

October 16, 2017

Finger_pointing to rightIt's that time of year again. Monday, Oct. 16, the absolute final tax return filing deadline.

Don't panic. You've still got a few hours to fill out and submit your 2016 Form 1040.

The latest Weekly Tax Tip, over there at the top of the ol' blog's right column, has 10 tax tidbits to help you through today.

You also can find more tax tips in this year's previously posted Daily Tax Tips, conveniently archived on their own by-month pages: January, February, March and April.

Good luck with your 2016 return today. And remember, when you're done with that (yay!), you can find more Weekly Tax Tips — a new one posted every Wednesday through the end of the year — to help you avoid problems and save on your 2017 taxes. 

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