Waiting until the last minute
#waiting #taxes #houstontexas

As long ago as the 1970s in Alabama, I’d drive to local post offices on the last night people could get their tax returns in the mail to get them postmarked by the filing date. Some would be filling out their tax forms; others waited in line to hand over their envelopes. A lobby full of people late at night in a small town has a surreal quality. After I moved to Texas, I discovered that at some Houston post offices, traffic cops and postal employees worked that night to make sure people got in and out efficiently and their envelopes were time-stamped.

Now in the days of e-filing tax returns, I don’t know if this still happens. I haven’t driven to a post office on tax night in years. I’ll be thinking of those last-minute filers next week, though, and wishing them luck.
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Apr 12 2024
What an interesting aspect of dealing with the tax office.
I had to smile...
titus · Apr 12 2024
A shared experience that has morphed from hand work into something else still in flux. The tools of the times express our lives.
kenwhite · Apr 12 2024
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