There are plenty of stressful things about doing your taxes: Worrying about having enough money to cover the bill . . . agonizing over making mistakes . . . and drawing audits.
The last thing you should do is add a scary deadline to panic about. And yet, some of us procrastinate like that.
In a new survey, 62% of people say they file their taxes as soon as they get their W-2 and any other forms they need. 27% say they hire an accountant to do it for them, sometime before the deadline.
6% say they do them on the last day, up to THE NIGHT THAT THEY'RE DUE.
Only 2% of people say they file for an extension.
It's fairly easy to file an extension to buy yourself another six months . . . but that's just for the paperwork. If you owe money, it's still due today. If you don't pay an estimated amount now, you'll owe interest on the unpaid tax.
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