Business as Usual at the Post Office for Mailing Your Tax Returns

WICHITA, Kan. – The Wichita Postal Service will NOT have extended hours or later collection times as the tax return filing deadline approaches this season. The Internal Revenue Service has announced that Americans have until Tuesday, April 15 to file and pay this year.

Below are retail hours and last collection times of Wichita Post Offices on Tuesday, April 15. The latest collection time for any Wichita Post Office is 8 p.m. at the General Mail Facility, 7117 W. Harry St.

Chisholm – 2510 S. Elizabeth Ave.
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Last collection: 6:35 p.m.

Corporate Hills – 9350 Corporate Hills Dr.
Hours: 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Last collection: 5:40 p.m.

Delano – 626 S. Tyler Rd.
Retail Hours: None
Last collection: 5:40 p.m.

Downtown – 330 W. 2nd St.
Hours: 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Last collection: 6:55 p.m.

General Mail Facility – 7117 W. Harry St.
Hours: 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Last collection: 8 pm

Munger – 1314 N. Oliver St.
Hours: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Last collection: 5:25 p.m.

North – 2325 N. Arkansas Ave.
Hours: 8:30-4:30
Last collection: 5:55 pm

River City – 3241 S. Hydraulic St.
Hours: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Last collection: 6:45 p.m.

The Corporate Hills, Downtown, Munger and General Mail Facility offices have Automated Postal Centers (APC) that can be used after normal retail hours on April 15. Customers using an APC must use a credit or debit card for payment. A mailing label generated from the APC with a date is NOT an official postmark; you need to deposit the items on 4/15/08 before 8:00 PM in order to receive an official postmark.

Tax Mail tips

Apply proper postage and stamps, especially with extra forms/schedules. It costs 41 cents for the first ounce; 17 cents for each additional ounce. One ounce is about four pages.
If you use a non-IRS labeled envelope, make sure you print the proper IRS address.
Customers who wish certification their tax mail form is received by IRS should mail it using Certified Mail Service/Return Receipt - available at your local post office or online at usps.com. If purchased online, mail will have to be deposited by the times above to receive the proper postmark on April 15.
Customers with tax questions can contact the IRS at 1-800-829-1040; or www.irs.gov

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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the nation — 146 million homes and businesses. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses, not tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.