Taxes
Don’t forget that your taxes, both Illinois and Federal, are due Tuesday, April 17.* Six post-offices in Chicago will be open until 9 pm and the downtown station at 433 W Harrison will be open until midnight for last minute filers.
* The 15th was a Sunday this year, and the 16th is an official holiday, Emancipation Day, in the District of Columbia. One tiny not-state and we all get an extra day for taxes.
Also, if you’re filing late because you’ve been working on them a while- BACK UP YOUR TAX FILES. USB drive, email them to yourself, whatever. I fix computers by day, and many of them crash at the worst possible moment.