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Until 1955, returns were due on March 15. From 1913 to 1918, they were due even earlier, with taxpayers scrambling to meet a March 

True or false?
Tax returns have always been due on April 15.

1 deadline.

In 1954, Congress changed the date to give IRS employees a break, because most returns were coming in near the deadline, swamping the agency. Lawmakers hoped a later deadline would encourage taxpayers to file earlier.

 

No such luck. Human nature being what it is, returns continued to flood the agency right up to the deadline. In recent years, about 20 percent of returns are filed in the last week of the filing season and the IRS reports that 10 million more taxpayers request extensions to file until August or October.
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