{"id":56901,"date":"2017-04-11T16:23:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T21:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=56901"},"modified":"2017-04-11T16:25:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T21:25:16","slug":"tax-filing-tips-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/tax-filing-tips-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Last-minute tips for filing your tax return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Shen Lu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Tick, tock. There is less than one week to go before the deadline to file your 2016 federal income tax return. If you haven&#8217;t yet done it, don&#8217;t panic. Experts say there is still time to get organized and file on time.<\/p>\n<p>This year, taxpayers get a few extra days, until April 18, to file their returns and pay any taxes owed. That&#8217;s because the traditional filing day, April 15, falls on Saturday, and Monday the 17th is Emancipation Day, a holiday in Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n<p>Experts have some last-minute tips for procrastinators and for those expecting a refund.<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 212669589 w=640 h=360]<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Experts advise taxpayers to gather all their documents together before filing taxes. (Shen Lu\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shen Lu Tick, tock. There is less than one week to go before the deadline to file your 2016 federal income tax return. If you haven&#8217;t yet done it, don&#8217;t panic. Experts say there is still time to get organized and file on time. 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