Post office extends hours April 15
Last-minute income tax filers are in luck again this year as McMinnville’s Post Office, in keeping with recent tradition, will be open until midnight Tuesday, April 15, or as it’s otherwise known, Tax Day.
“This will allow any last-minute filers the opportunity to receive any services they may need in addition to the April 15 postmark,” said postmaster Carl Tucker. But the best advice, he added, is to mail early in the day in order to avoid heavy traffic around the post office and long lines inside the lobby.
Tucker further noted postal customers could avoid a trip to the main post office all together by mailing their returns or extension requests at the contract postal unit located inside Super D Drugstore, or in any of the collection boxes located throughout the McMinnville area.
Tax filers using one of these methods are advised to double-check the posted pick-up schedule at these locations to ensure their tax documents will be collected and postmarked before the deadline.
For tax filers who cannot meet the cutoff times of the community’s postal facilities, two special collection points have been established. Last-minute returns and extensions can be deposited until midnight in the main post office lobby collection drop, or in the collection boxes located behind the courthouse, on Morford Street.
To assist the post office in sorting and delivering its returns to the IRS, filers are reminded to include their return addresses and affix the proper postage on their envelopes before mailing.