Select Post Offices in San Francisco and San Jose Extending Hours for Tax Day


April 05, 2013 



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SAN FRANCISCO  —  With more people filing their income taxes online, fewer are mailing their returns through the U.S. Postal Service. With the decrease in demand for Postal Services at tax time, most San Francisco, Peninsula and North West California Post Offices will be open normal hours on April 15. The San Francisco and San Jose Main Post Offices are offering extended hours as noted below. Hours of operation for individual Post Offices can be found by visiting USPS.com or calling 1-800-ASK-USPS (1-800-275-8777).

This year, tax day or the last day to file your 2012 federal and state tax forms without requesting an extension is Monday, April 15, 2013. All tax filers are urged to plan well in advance of April 15, or they risk missing the midnight deadline.

As a convenience for tax filers the following Postal Service facilities are providing curbside drop off:

San Francisco Main Post Office
1300 Evans Ave, San Francisco
Window hours 7:00 a.m. – Midnight
Curbside drop off 4:00 p.m. – Midnight

Airport Station
660 West Field Road, San Francisco
Window hours 11:00 a.m. – Midnight
Curbside drop off 4:00 p.m. – Midnight

San Jose Main Post Office
1750 Lundy Ave., San Jose
Window Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Curbside drop off: 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

North Bay P&DC
1150 N McDowell Blvd., Petaluma
Window hours 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Curbside drop off 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.


Waiting until the last minute is usually not a good idea. Rushing can cause mistakes. The most common mailing errors Americans make are not including enough postage and not providing the correct IRS mailing address. Other common mistakes according to the IRS: Social Security Numbers are wrong or left off, math errors and forgetting to attach forms and schedules, e.g., W-2s, 1099s, etc.

To help ensure a successful tax season for our customers we offer the following tax mailing tips:

  • Apply proper postage and stamps, especially with extra forms/schedules. It costs 46 cents for the first ounce; 20 cents for each additional ounce. (One ounce is about four pages).
  • If you use a non-IRS labeled envelope, make sure you print the proper IRS mailing address.
  • Print your complete return address in the upper-left-hand corner of your tax mail envelope.
  • Customers who wish certification that their tax return is mailed on time and received by the IRS should mail it using Certified Mail Service/Return Receipt, which is available at your local Post Office.
  • While encouraged to mail before April 15, if you do wait until late on Tax Day be sure to drop off your tax return mail at a Postal Service location that offers late tax mail pick-up.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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