DETROIT, MI — Have you filed your taxes yet? If not, the Postal Service is here to help. The deadline this year to file is Monday, April 18. It was moved from April 15 because of the observance of Emancipation Day, a Washington DC holiday.
Because many customers file electronically, all retail locations in the metro Detroit area will maintain their normal business hours. There will be no extended hours or midnight locations. For details on services and hours for Post Offices throughout metro Detroit, please call 1-800-ASK-USPS (275-8777) or go to www.usps.com to locate a Post Office.
New prices for mailing letters, cards, oversized envelopes and packages will take effect on Monday, April 18, 2011. Although the cost to mail a one ounce First Class letter is still 44 cents, the cost to mail a letter weighing an additional ounce will increase from 17 cents to 20 cents.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will not accept mail arriving postage due. If you are unsure of the weight of your return, you may want to bring it inside a Post Office or place an additional First Class stamp on the return to insure that it receives an April 18 date stamp/postmark.
The following Post Offices, usually open until midnight on Tax Day will be open their regular business hours:
GWY MAIN POST OFFICE
1401 WEST FORT STE
DETROIT 48216
MONDAY TO FRIDAY 9:00AM TO 10:00PM
SATURDAY 9:30AM TO 9:00PM
SUNDAY Noon to 7:00pm
REDFORD BRANCH
12245 BEECH DALY RD
REDFORD 48239
MONDAY TO FRIDAY 9:00AM TO 9:00PM
SATURDAY 9:00AM TO 9:00PM
SUNDAY Noon to 8:00pm
ROYAL OAK MAIN
200 W 2ND ST
ROYAL OAK 48068
MONDAY TO FRIDAY 8:00AM TO 7:00PM
SATURDAY 8:30AM TO 5:00PM
SUNDAY CLOSED
Tax mailing tips:
- Taxpayers are urged to avoid the typical errors made when mailing their returns this year, which are: unsigned forms, not enough postage and depositing returns in collection boxes whose pickup time is past.
- Use pre-addressed labels where possible. Write clearly. Take special care to ensure that handwritten envelopes are legible. Include a return address.
- Use First-Class postage --The Internal Revenue Service recognizes the First-Class letter postmark as proof a return was mailed on time.
- Affix sufficient postage. One ounce is 44 cents; 20 cents for each additional ounce--2 oz. 64 cents; 3 oz 84 cents. Weigh any return that feels heavier than one ounce.
- Rule of thumb: up to 5 sheets of 20-lb. paper in a #10 envelope equals one ounce.
- The IRS does not accept postage due mail even if it has the April 18 postmark; tax returns bearing insufficient postage will be returned—meaning taxpayers will be penalized for filing late tax returns.
- For customers who send original receipts to tax agencies, certified or registered mail is a good choice.
- Make certain bulky envelopes are securely sealed.
- Postal regulations require that stamped tax returns weighing 13 oz. or more must be mailed at a post office. They cannot be mailed in a collection box.
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