Local Post Offices Announce Changes to Their 2007 Federal Tax Filing Deadline Operations

Last minute federal tax filers have just one week left before the Tuesday, April 15, 2007, federal tax filing deadline.  This year, all post offices in the Hampton Roads, central Virginia and Charlottesville areas will observe normal retail service hours on April 15.  However, there are mail processing centers that will be collecting mail until midnight to ensure last minute federal tax filers receive the April 15 postmark on their returns.  The following information lists each area’s post offices with late retail lobby operations, and the mail processing center accepting tax returns until midnight. 

Mailers are strongly advised to check the last pickup time posted on blue collection boxes before depositing their returns as there will be no special collection of mail from these boxes.  Also, mailers using an Automated Postal Center (APC), or self-service kiosks, should be aware that APCs do not provide “proof of mailing” as the date of sale on the receipt does not necessarily represent the mailing date.  An April 15 postmark will be provided if the mail is deposited by the last pickup time posted.

HAMPTON ROADS AREA

Chesapeake – Chesapeake Main Office - 1425 N. Battlefield Blvd. - 6:30 p.m.
Hampton - Hampton Main Office, 809 Aberdeen Rd. – 7 p.m.

Newport News – Patrick Henry Station, 685 Turnberry Blvd. – 6 p.m.

Norfolk – Norfolk Main Office, 600 Church St. – 6 p.m.

Virginia Beach - Main Office/Lynnhaven Station, 501 Viking Dr. – 6:30 p.m.; and 
Witchduck Station, 4831 Columbus St. – 6:30 p.m.

Williamsburg – Monticello Station, 5219 Monticello Ave. - 6 p.m.

Hampton Roads General Mail Facility, 600 Church St, Norfolk.  Postal employees will be collecting mail until midnight for an April 15 postmark.  Assistance will be available in the lobby until midnight to weigh mail and keep stamp vending equipment operating efficiently.

RICHMONDAND AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF RICHMOND:

Richmond - Richmond Main Post Office, 1801 Brook Rd. – 6 p.m.
Town Center Post Office, 1121 Mall Dr. – 6 p.m.
Ridge Post Office, 10509 Patterson Ave. – 5:30 p.m.

Glen Allen  - Glen Allen Post Office, 4990 Sadler Pl. – 6:30 p.m.
   
Richmond Processing and Distribution Center, 1801 Brook Rd.  Postal employees will be collecting mail until midnight for an April 15 postmark.

Charlottesville Main Post Office, 1155 Seminole Trl. – 6:30 p.m.

Fredericksburg Main Post Office, 600 Princess Ann St. - 5 p.m.

Customers are encouraged to mail their tax returns as early in the day as possible, and postal officials suggest customers weigh their returns or extension request on a postal scale to calculate the proper amount of postage. This is especially true if a customer is filing extra forms or schedules.  Tax agencies will NOT pay postage due, so short–paid filings will be returned to the sender for additional postage. 

Customers mailing tax deadline packages weighing 16 ounces or more, and bearing postage in the form of postage stamps must mail these packages at a postal retail window.  Tax filers should double-check the pickup schedule if they elect to use a street side collection box to ensure their tax documents will be collected and postmarked before the deadline.  Every tax filing will receive an official April 15 postmark if it is properly prepared and deposited by the designated cutoff time.

Per the IRS website (www.irs.gov ) …”Other than direct proof of actual delivery, a registered or certified mail receipt is the only prima facie evidence of delivery of a document to the agency or office with which the document is required to be filed.  No other evidence of a postmark or mailing will be prima facie evidence of delivery or raise a presumption that the document was delivered.”   .