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17 April 2006

WE ARE SO CONFUSED! For New York residents: are taxes due by 11:59 p.m. TONIGHT or by 11:59 TOMORROW NIGHT?
post by: ThePinkSuperhero at: 11:57 | 27 comments
Tomorrow night, since New York is one of five or six states celebrating "Patriot Day" today.
posted by Hugh Janus 17 April | 11:58
Really? Really? Don't confuse us, Mr. jAnus, we're already confused enough (my co-worker forgot her checkbook at home and is trying to call post offices for late hours, but none are open late tonight, which I guess would confirm your story)
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 17 April | 11:59
MA taxes are due tomorrow night. I'm not sure if the feds celebrate Patriot's Day, though.
posted by ArsncHeart 17 April | 12:00
"Monday, April 17, is the federal tax filing deadline for most of the nation. However, if you live in Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont or the District of Columbia, your deadline is Tuesday, April 18."
posted by Hugh Janus 17 April | 12:01
As I understand it, only Maine and Mass. actually celebrate Patriot's Day. But any state that sends its returns to Mass. get the extra day.
posted by danostuporstar 17 April | 12:01
More here.
posted by Hugh Janus 17 April | 12:02
I walked into H&R Block yesterday and was out in 30 minutes. Thank you Zombie Jesus!

Hugh's right. I heard that on NPR this morning.
posted by Hellbient 17 April | 12:02
I wish the language on this was more clear- due by the 18th- so can we postmark on the 18th and be OK? They really need to spell it out for us like we're morons, and they're doing a great job at being unclear (one article said "due by midnight on the 18th"- which midnight?!??!? I can never remember which midnight goes with which day)
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 17 April | 12:04
You are correct! We aren't patriots at all...

Well, well, well. You seem to have won this battle, Mr. Stuporstar. But I will live to fight again....

*whips cape around, disappears*

muhaHahaHAhaHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!
posted by Hugh Janus 17 April | 12:05
They make the tax forms confusing so that folks who can't afford accountants (the same folks who get a lot of refunds) misfile or don't file at all, and the gov't gets to wait a few years and keep their money. It helps the rich lord it over the poor, which is the main purpose of government.
posted by Hugh Janus 17 April | 12:09
Wow, that is kinda confusing...
posted by Hellbient 17 April | 12:10
Memo to TPS' coworker:
In many places, there's at least one post office, often a downtown mail-sorting center, that's open until midnight tonight. If the folks at the local post office don't know the score, call the reference desk at your main public library.
posted by box 17 April | 12:12
Yes, but if the deadline is TOMORROW night, I think the post offices will be open late TOMORROW night, right? This is where our confusion is coming into play.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 17 April | 12:17
Yes, tomorrow night.

muhaHahaHAhaHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!
posted by Hugh Janus 17 April | 12:24
You are mean and evil, sir. If I was not afraid of your brawny, fight-breaking-up physique, I'd punch you in the FACE.

muhaHahaHAhaHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 17 April | 12:33
J/K, J/K, you know I love you.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 17 April | 12:43
I love you right back. Just be careful of the nose.

muhaHahaHAhaHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!
posted by Hugh Janus 17 April | 12:45
"Due by midnight on Tuesday" means you basically have until 11:59pm Tuesday night to postmark them.

Midnights usually go with the preceding day. Though I did know a music tutor in college who would advertise concerts for the "midnight between Thursday and Friday," which I kinda liked.
posted by occhiblu 17 April | 12:46
Actually, think of it this way:
In English, at least, "midnight on Tuesday" is necessarily going to happen on Tuesday night. The midnight between Monday and Tuesday is still officially Monday night, so that would be Monday at midnight.
posted by occhiblu 17 April | 12:48
So every evening, midnight is still part of that day (Tonight at midnight, it will still be Monday). So a day really starts on 12:01 a.m.?
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 17 April | 12:55
For most casual purposes, yes. I'm sure there are astronomical or who-knows-what-else fields in which it might not be true.

At least from the various copyediting I've done, you can't even apply "a.m." and "p.m." to noon and midnight, because they're what's being measured against. They're like weird little hovering moments between measurable time.
posted by occhiblu 17 April | 12:59
Another reason to prefer zero-based arrays is the so-called "century confusion phenomenon". In the year 2000, most people in the world believed they were celebrating either the beginning of the 21st century, or the end of the 20th century. In fact, they were celebrating neither, because only 1,999 years had passed on the anno domini scale. The 21st century did not begin until 2001, due to the fact that the AD system is one-based. This is perhaps the greatest example of an inferior indexing scheme causing mass confusion of some 6 billion people.

Just to further confuse things.
posted by danostuporstar 17 April | 13:07
you definitely have til Tues at midnight...i'm not done yet either....
posted by amberglow 17 April | 13:23
*filed her extensions last Thursday*

Now all I have to do is make sure there's enough money to cover the NYS check.
posted by TrishaLynn 17 April | 13:45
Did someone say, "extensions?"

≡ Click to see image ≡
posted by Hugh Janus 17 April | 13:50
Pink for you, Hugh, you'd look sooooo preeeetty.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 17 April | 15:27
Yes, midnight tomorrow for us Andover, Mass filers.

I remembered to print my own (personal) extensions tonight, they will be electronically filed tomorrow morning (the cobbler's children never have shoes and all that).

After we (me and the two CPAs) electronically file all the extensions for any clients that aren't done yet, we are closing the office at noon and going to lunch. And drinks. LOTS of drinks.

No point in doing things at the last minute, after all!
posted by yhbc 17 April | 21:16
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