Your weekend must reads🗞️
Don't panic! You're gonna make it.
Good morning, friends of The Short List! It's John, and if you are like me – and countless other Americans – you haven't yet filed your 2021 federal tax return. Typically, the Internal Revenue Service deadline falls on April 15, but it was pushed back this year to Monday, April 18 because of the Emancipation Day holiday in Washington, D.C. Taxpayers in Maine and Massachusetts have until April 19 because of Patriots' Day.
To help ease your Tax Day angst, here are some down-to-the-wire tax tips and information. 💵
- When are taxes due in 2022 and where is my tax refund?
- Refunds are higher thanks to stimulus checks and the Child Tax Credit.
- Not ready for April 18? Here's how to file an extension.
- IRS reject your e-file return? Zero might be the magic number.
- Investing your refund: Weighing the pros and cons
- How much will you pay to file online? Which software should you use?
ICYMI: Two top-of-the-news must reads
►'This has broken my life': A growing number of Russian artists have fled to neighboring Finland rather than face persecution for their criticism of the war in Ukraine, Paste BN's Tami Abdollah reports. Some of them are despondent about the future and unsure if it will ever be possible to return. "Theater is meant to talk to people and communicate with them, to explain things about the world," one said. "But it looks like we failed. We couldn't stop this war, and so I think we are also responsible for it."
►Nightmare on the N train: Paste BN's Chris Kenning collected the accounts of survivors from Tuesday's shooting at a Brooklyn subway station and produced a riveting account of the terrifying minutes when subway riders were unable to escape a car amid smoke and gunfire. "I saw people who were the most scared I've ever seen," said Sam Carcamo, a 35-year-old Brooklyn illustrator.
There are more great reads below.👇 Have a great weekend, and may all your deductions be properly documented.💸