Breathe! Federal and State Taxes Aren't Due 'Til Monday!

Don't ask. Just enjoy the extra time.

If you have procrastinated, again, and have not filed your taxes yet, don't worry! Thanks to a legal holiday in the District of Columbia, you have until midnight Monday, April 18, to postmark your 1040, 1040ez, 1040a or whatever other numeric federal form or alphabet-soup schedule you must file. 

According to an Internal Revenue Service bulletin on March 7, when Emancipation Day—the April 16 holiday in D.C.—falls on a Saturday, it's observed the day before. This means that on Friday and through the weekend, you can carefully work to owe less and get more on your federal tax returns.

California has followed suit and will also allow residents to file their state taxes on April 18.

If you still need paper forms and instruction booklets, make your way to the Los Altos Library, or to the U.S. Postal Service in . You can also file online, that is, eFile, for faster processing and a quicker return.

Filed for an extension? You'll have until Oct. 17 to file.