For the first time since before the pandemic, Tax Day is upon us more or less right on schedule here in mid-April. Before you go and indulge in any ** virtue signaling ** by saying you’ve already done your taxes and have long since spent your refund, know this: I haven’t. But if you, like me, are a habitual tax procrastinator, also know this: You can rest easy, because Friday is a holiday – at least for DC residents (see the details here) – and that means IRS offices are closed. It also means we all have until next Monday to finish without filing an extension. (Note: Since state taxes are dependent on the feds, those are also due on the 18th this year.) That’s good news for the un-virtuous among us. And for the rest of y’all? Well, I hope you did something fun with your refund.
“I’ve come full circle in my procrastination loop and ended up doing my taxes to avoid working out.”
Happy Emancipation Day!
** Generally a pejorative term, “virtue signaling” is the action or practice of publicly expressing opinions or sentiments intended to demonstrate one’s superior character and/or the moral correctness of one’s position on a particular issue.