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Tips for filing taxes close to deadline

"The failure to file penalty is 10 times more than the failure to pay penalty," The Tax Institute's Executive Director Kathy Pickering explains to KATV. "The best advice is pay what you can as soon as you can, and set up a payment plan to pay off the rest of it."

June 08, 2018

"The failure to file penalty is 10 times more than the failure to pay penalty," The Tax Institute's Executive Director Kathy Pickering explains to KATV. "The best advice is pay what you can as soon as you can, and set up a payment plan to pay off the rest of it."

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