Last day to file your taxes in Massachusetts

there are now just a few hours left to file your federal and state income taxes or finish up and submit that extension form before the IRS starts applying penalties 22 news reporter Duncan mlan has information on a few resources that you can use here at the buzzer time is almost out the federal tax deadline looming at midnight tonight if you owe money back to the IRS filing after today will have consequences if you do file tomorrow you will be assessed a full month worth of penalties those penalties 5% of your owed tax bill per month or partial month that you fail to file plus another 0.5% added on for failure to pay all that in addition to interest the bottom line is if you do think you're going to have a balance due then make that payment today and then you can make an extension for time to actually file your tax return itself if you have to estimate what you owe it's easy if you make less than $150,000 a year just include how much you owed unless year's taxes if your income is higher than 150,000 you have to send at least 90% of the eventual tax bill so you may need some help if you're expecting a refund your situation is less dire you're just delaying getting that money back if you still need to file tonight there's plenty of free help available online at irs.gov including free tax preparation software if you think you need help tax prep businesses will be open late tonight and are willing to work with you if you can't afford the fee we always have availability because we're staffed up for the 17th or the 15th as the case may be and uh uh we're always prepared to take on additional work for those people that need help the Valley Opportunity Council and partners of Community Action offer free filing help by appointment but with just hours left to the deadline those appointments are hard to come by so consult the resources on irs.gov good luck and happy filing working for you Duncan mlan 22 News