DALLAS, TX — If you are still sharpening your pencil to work on federal or state taxes, your local Post Office is ready to help you meet that all important April 17 deadline. Tax day will be Tuesday, April 17, this year, due to the District of Columbia observing Emancipation Day on Monday, April 16.

Customers who want the safety and security of the U.S. Mail to submit personal data contained on tax documents must have the envelopes postmarked on or before April 17, 2018, to avoid late penalties.

Dallas Metro area customers can drop off their taxes at the Dallas Main Post Office, 401 Tom Landry Freeway, until midnight, and also purchase the postage they need to get those returns in the mail.  The Dallas Main Post Office will extend their retail operation hours until 12:00 a.m.  The DFW Airport Station located at 2200 W. 32nd Street, Dallas 75261, will have regular hours of operation on Tax day – 10:00am – 8:00pm.  To ensure the security of the mail, there will be no manual postmarking of tax mail at any location.  “Tax mail, like all other collection mail will be processed through our Advanced Facer Canceller System machines which feature a Biohazard Detection System.  If we receive your tax mail by midnight you can rest assured that your mail will receive the April 17 postmark,” said Larry Wagener, Senior Plant Manager for the Dallas District.

The following Dallas metro Post Offices have Self-Service Kiosks (SSK) that are available 24 hours – that includes Tax Day:

At SSKs, customers can weigh letters and parcels and purchase stamps at the touch of a screen, using debit and credit cards.  Mailers are cautioned to check the collection times at SSKs and at collection boxes to make certain that mail deposited precedes the last posted collection time.

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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