Meeting the tax deadline

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 | 10:59 a.m.

Several drop sites are available for residents to mail in last-minute tax returns.

If postage is needed, visit the James C. Brown Jr, Main Office at 1001 E. Sunset Road.

If postage is not needed, tax forms can be dropped off at the following post offices until 10 p.m.

Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino is partnering with the postal service to provide another drop site for customers. A free entrance voucher, good for one free admission to the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay, will be given for mailing tax forms at a temporary "Shark Reef Station," open Thursday from noon-10 p.m.

The station will be staffed with post office personnel. Postal clerks will sell stamps, and a postal scale will be available to ensure proper postage is applied.

The post office will collect and postmark income tax returns until midnight Thursday at the main office on Sunset Road. The retail windows there will be open from 7:30 a.m. until midnight.

The Internal Revenue Service will also participate in the "Tax Day" event. From 5:30 to 11 p.m., a representative will be on hand at the main post office to assist customers with last-minute tax advice.

Extension forms also will be available at the main post office on Sunset Road for customers who cannot meet the Thursday tax filing deadline.