What National Holiday Is It Monday?

[ThomWV]

Why aren't taxes due? Why is the post office closed? I'm clueless.

[WindRavenX]

1. Well, in MA, it's Patriots Day

Aka, Marathon Monday...Aka, college students drinking all day and cheering runners on.

Oh, taxes. Good thing I sent mine out Thursday ;)

[Breeze54]

10. Just BC college students? lmao!

I think not! Not in MA!!! :rofl:
There are parties all along the route!

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[WindRavenX]

13. Yeah, I didn't say that

I said heartbreak hill is by our campus.

[Breeze54]

14. "college students drinking all day" - "marathon runs right past BC's campus!!!"

:shrug:

No matter! I'm from MA and the catholic kids can drink with the best of them! :rofl:

[RoyGBiv]

2. Emancipation Day

In the District of Columbia.

OnEdit:

From irs.gov

Why are taxpayers getting extra time to file and pay?

Taxpayers will have extra time to file and pay because April 15 falls on a Sunday in 2007, and the following day, Monday, April 16, is Emancipation Day, a legal holiday in the District of Columbia.

By law, filing and payment deadlines that fall on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday are timely satisfied if met on the next business day. Under a federal statute enacted decades ago, holidays observed in the District of Columbia have an impact nationwide, not just in D.C. Under recently enacted city legislation, April 16 is a holiday in the District of Columbia. The IRS recently became aware of the intersection of the national filing day and the local observance of the new Emancipation Day holiday after most forms and publications for the current tax filing season went to print.

Individuals in the District of Columbia, as well as in six eastern states, already had an April 17 filing date prior to this announcement because they are served by an IRS processing facility in Massachusetts, where Patriots Day will be observed on April 16. These individuals are still required to file on April 17.

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=167195,00.html

[ThomWV]

3. Well, I'll be damned ....

Funny how we missed celebrating that one here in West Virginia. I'll have to have a chat with the Governor over that one.

[MADem]

4. In Massachusetts, it's New England Patriots Day!!!!

Not really...just plain old Patriots' Day...as Maine used to be part of MA, it is celebrated there as well. They run the MARATHON on this weekend, and the reason we get extra tax time is because the IRS processing center for the region is in MA!

Yee haw!

[WindRavenX]

6. And the marathon runs right past BC's campus!!!

We're right by Heartbreak Hill.

[hobbit709]

5. Post office open

IRS says because Mon Apr 16 is Emancipation Day in DC therefore taxes not due until 17th. Next year back to Apr 15.

[tridim]

7. It's probably so the tax preparers/software can scare us an extra day on TV

Have you seen those commercials this year? They're vicious and all about fear. They're really effective because as I just heard, 40% of taxpayers haven't started their taxes yet. Assholes all.

[Behind the Aegis]

8. BEWARE!

Three states are not allowing the "extension"...Utah, Montana, and Arizona!

[Poiuyt]

9. It's Pope Benedict's birthday

:)

[Manifestor_of_Light]

11. The former Grand Inquisitor, no less.

:scared: Yes, the Holy Office for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly The Office of the Inquisition.

[Buzz Clik]

12. In Indiana, it's Paranoid Rightwing Freak Recognition Day.

But, that's the first Monday of every week.

[Breeze54]

15. LMAO!

:rofl: Poor guy! :hug: :rofl: