Chicago No. 2 in income tax procrastination

Posted March 23, 2010 at 7:46 a.m.

By Wailin Wong | If you’re still dragging your feet on filing your taxes, you’re in good company. 
Chicago ranked No. 2 in TurboTax’s list of Top 10 Tax Procrastinating Cities for 2009, rising from No. 4 in 2008.

The company compiled its list by looking at the number of tax returns filed electronically through its TurboTax Online service between April 14 and April 17 of last year. Houston took the top spot, “proving yet again that everything is bigger in Texas – even tax procrastinating,” TurboTax said in a blog post.

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TurboTax reminded consumers that if they e-file and sign up for direct
deposit, they can receive their refund in as few as eight days. For
procrastinators, they can get a six-month extension on filing their
taxes.

But “an extension to file is NOT an extension to pay taxes,”
TurboTax said.

 

One comment:

  1. God help Illinois March 23, 2010 at 12:22 pm

    probably all of Obama’s tax dodging cronies