Abilene Post Office 'Tax Night' Operations

Postal Service Tax Party to be Held April 15

ABILENE, TX -- Who says April 15 has to be taxing?  Not the Abilene Post Office.  The Downtown Post Office employees are gearing up to provide last-minute relief to taxpayers and procrastinators, right up to midnight.

Postal customers can easily avoid an evening trip to the post office by mailing their returns early in the day at any of the stations, branches or collection boxes located throughout the Abilene area.  Pickup schedules on street-side collection boxes should be checked to ensure that tax documents will be collected before the deadline.

But for those who like to wait until the last minute to pay the tax man, the Post Office and KEAN Radio are again prepared to make it a little less painful.  The Main Post Office will be open until midnight on April 15 and KEAN will broadcast live, beginning at 6:00 p.m., with plenty of pizza and candy bars contributing to the party atmosphere.

“Due to increased security of U.S. airlines that carry U.S. Mail, tax returns weighing over 13 ounces should be brought in person to a post office and entered with a retail acceptance clerk at the window unit,”  said Abilene Customer Relations Coordinator Roger Swart.

You can avoid a trip to the post office for large packages by visiting the USPS web-site, usps.com, and using the on-line mailing service called “Click-n-Ship”.   This allows you to purchase postage, print a label, receive free Delivery Confirmation then just drop it in a collection box or give it to a letter carrier.

The location for mailing returns after business hours on April 15 is:
Abilene Main Post Office, 341 Pine St., will open at 8:00 a.m. and close at 12:00 midnight.  Mail will be accepted from the collection boxes on either side of the Main Office until midnight also.       

No other collections points in Abilene will be collected after the regular posted time.

Tax filers can confirm delivery by using either Certified Mail with Return Receipt or “Delivery Confirmation”, which allows the mailer to obtain confirmation that the mail was received.  The confirmation can be accessed either through a toll-free number or at www.usps.gov.

“This can certainly be a hectic time for some and it is easy to overlook the simple things,” said Swart.  “Returns should be weighed so the proper amount of postage is used.  This is especially true for those filing extra forms or schedules.  The IRS does not pay postage due and short-paid mail must be returned for additional postage,” Swart added.