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Why can't the IRS just send Americans a refund – or a bill?

  • Written by Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University
imageU.S. taxpayers spend more than $2 billion annually in tax preparation fees.Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images

The Internal Revenue Service has postponed the April 15 tax filing deadline to May 17. If taxpayers need even more time to file federal returns, the agency added, they can request an extension until Oct. 15.

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