WICHITA, Kan. — The Wichita Postal Service will not have extended hours or later collection times as the tax return filing deadline approaches this season. The Internal Revenue Service has announced that Americans have until Thursday, April 15 to file and pay this year.

Below are retail hours and last collection times of Wichita Post Offices on April 15.

The latest collection time for any Wichita Post Office is 8:00 PM at the General Mail Facility at 7117 W. Harry St.

The Corporate Hills, Downtown, and General Mail Facility offices have Automated Postal Centers (APC) that can be used after normal retail hours on April 15. Customers using an APC must use a credit or debit card for payment. A mailing label generated from the APC with a date is NOT an official postmark. That mail would need to be deposited by the times listed above in order to receive an official postmark.

Tax Mail tips:

• Apply proper postage and stamps, especially with extra forms/schedules. It costs 44 cents for the first ounce; 17 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 address.
• Customers who wish certification their tax mail form is received by IRS should mail it using Certified Mail Service/Return Receipt - available at your local post office or online at usps.com. If purchased online, mail will have to be deposited by the times above to receive the proper postmark on April 15.
• Customers with tax questions can contact the IRS at 1-800-829-1040; or www.irs.gov

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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no direct support from taxpayers. With 36,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, the Postal Service relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses. Named the Most Trusted Government Agency five consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $68 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 28th in the 2009 Fortune 500.