Postal Service Provides Income Tax Filers Several Options in Portland Metro Area & Other Oregon Locations on Tuesday, April 15, Deadline

The U.S. Postal Service urges customers to avoid Tuesday, April 15, deadline-day crowds by mailing their income tax returns early and ensuring each envelope carries the proper postage. Be sure to purchase stamps during regular business hours for your tax returns at local retailers, contract postal units or the Post Office.

For those who decide to wait until the deadline date, Post Offices in the Portland metropolitan area will collect and postmark tax returns until midnight on Tuesday, April 15, 2008, from blue Postal Service collection boxes in front of 24 designated Post Offices, Stations and Branches (a list of these locations is at the end of this news release). These collection boxes will be marked with special yellow signs verifying midnight pickup in front of designated Post Offices only. (All other blue collection boxes without a yellow sign will be picked up at their posted, regularly-scheduled times.)

"The best option for those who have correct postage and just need the April 15th postmark,” said Portland Postmaster Shawneen Betha, “is to avoid the crowds by using the blue collection boxes marked with yellow signs and located in front of designated Post Offices in the Portland area.”

Below is a list of Oregon USPS locations with special "Tax Day" hours and/or services on Tuesday, April 15th:

PORTLAND METRO AREA:

Location	Hours/Services
Portland Airport Mail Facility 7640 NE Airport Way, Portland	Window service until 11:30 p.m./Collections until midnight

PORTLAND LOCATIONS WITH COLLECTION BOXES (marked with special yellow signs) BEING PICKED UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT:

Brooklyn Station 1410 SE Powell Blvd. Portland, OR 97242-9998	Multnomah Station 7805 SW 40th Ave. Portland, OR 97219-9998
Central Station 204 SW 5th Ave. Portland OR 97204-1897	Oak Grove Branch 3860 SE Naef Rd. Portland, OR 97267-9998
Creston Station 5010 SE Foster Rd. Portland, OR 97206-9998	Parkrose Station 4048 NE 122nd Ave. Portland, OR 97230-9998
East Portland Station 1020 SE 7th Ave. Portland, OR 97214-9998	Piedmont Station 630 NE Killingsworth St. Portland OR 97211-9998
Forest Park Station 1706 NW 24th Ave. Portland, OR 97210-9998	Rose City Park Station 2425 NE 50th Ave. Portland, OR 97213-9998
Holladay Park Station 815 NE Schuyler St. Portland, OR 97212-9998	St. Johns Station 8420 N. Ivanhoe St. Portland, OR 97203-9998
Kenton Station 2130 N. Kilpatrick St. Portland, OR 97217-9998	Sellwood/Moreland Finance Unit 6723 SE 16th Ave Portland, OR 97202-9998
Eastport (Lents) Annex 3850 SE 82nd Ave. Portland, OR 97266-2999	Solomon Station 620 SW Main St Portland OR 97205-3058
Main Post Office 715 NW Hoyt St. Portland, OR 97208-3079	Tigard Branch 12210 SW Main St. Portland, OR 97223-9998
Midway Retail Store 400 SE 103rd Dr. Portland, OR 97216-2756	West Slope Station 3225 SW 87th Ave. Portland, OR 97225-9998
Milwaukie Station 11222 SE Main St. Portland, OR 97222-9998	University Station 1505 SW 6th Ave. Portland, OR 97207-9998

OTHER OREGON LOCATIONS:

	Hours/Services
Bend Bend Main Post Office 2300 NE 4th St., Bend	Collections until midnight
Eugene Eugene Gateway General Mail Facility 3148 Gateway Loop, Springfield	Collections until midnight
Klamath Falls Klamath Falls Post Office 317 S. 7th St., Klamath Falls	Collections until midnight
Medford Medford Post Office 333 W 8th St., Medford	Lobby Letter Drop - Collections until 8 p.m
Pendleton 104 SW Dorion Ave., Pendleton	Collections until midnight
Salem Salem Main Post Office 1050 25th St. SE, Salem	Collections until midnight

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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.