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With tax season underway, pros offer tips

Tim Kramer, right, is taking over as coordinator of the VITA volunteer tax preparation program from longtime leader and founder Jean Bowen, left. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Taxpayers will have a little extra time to get their returns in to the IRS. This year, the tax-filing deadline is April 18. Normally, it falls on April 15, but due to the 15th falling on a weekend and Monday, April 17, being Emancipation Day, a Washington, D.C., holiday, filers get a little more time to submit their taxes.

The IRS began accepting tax returns Jan. 23.

People already are making appointments to get their taxes done, said Kenny Bonus, a CPA whose Bonus Accounting has offices in Chicora and Mount Chestnut. He is bringing in seasonal help as well as interns from Slippery Rock University and Butler County Community College who will prepare taxes for college credit.

Kelly Bender, owner of Total Business Solutions, 235 New Castle Road, Butler Township, a tax and accounting service, said her company already has e-filed a return for a client and “People are starting to come in. February is when it really starts to get busy.”

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