Speeding Up Tax Refunds
By: Jane King, Bloomberg
Updated: April 15, 2009
Today is tax day and millions of Americans are rushing to file their last minute taxes. Meanwhile, the government is looking for a way to speed up the refund process to help boost consumer spending.If you haven't filed your federal income taxes by now, you've got until midnight tonight to do so.
Postal officials remind tax-payers to use correct postage on the envelopes.
Post Office employees will pre-date the envelopes April 15th so taxpayers can meet the IRS deadline.
IRS spokesman Bill Brunson says to double check your math, make sure your social security numbers are correct and make sure to sign and date the return. Brunson says it takes longer to process paper-form federal tax returns that have errors.
He encourages paper-filers to double check their returns or look into e-filing which has built-in trouble shooting functions.
