The IRS is in a three-year stretch, 2016-2018, when April 15 won’t be the designated Tax Day. Illustration: Daniel Downey for The Wall Street JournalHere’s a seemingly simple question: When is Tax Day this year? When it comes to taxes, it seems that rarely is anything truly simple, even Tax Day. No, because that’s the day that Washington, D.C., will observe Emancipation Day this year. For millions of procrastinators, of course, the April filing deadline simply means the deadline for requesting more time to file.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 02, 2017 15:49 UTC