Text Box: Information from the Internal Revenue Service Website Taxpayers across the nation will have until Tuesday, April 17, 2007, to file their 2006 returns and pay any taxes due. Taxpayers will have extra time to file and pay because April 15 falls on a Sunday in 2007, and the following day, Monday, April 16, is Emancipation Day, a legal holiday in the District of Columbia. “This year, taxpayers have additional time to file and pay beyond the traditional April 15 deadline,” said IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson. “As we always do, we encourage taxpayers to get an early start on their taxes to make sure they have plenty of time to accurately prepare their return.” This means the entire country has an April 17 deadline. Previously, the April 17 deadline applied just to individuals in the District of Columbia and six eastern states who are served by an IRS processing facility in Massachusetts, where Patriots Day will be observed on April 16. Text Box: N.C. Legislative Update From Sharon Goodson Executive Director of the North Carolina Community Action Association · Sen. Ed Jones (D-4th District) has introduced Senate Bill 929 (Community Action Agencies Funds) which provides funds of $5 million to replace lost federal funding. Senate Bill 929 has been referred to the Committee on Appropriations/Base Budget · Rep. Jean Farmer-Butterfield (D-24th District), Rep. William L. Wainwright, Speaker Pro Tem (D-12th District), Rep. Alma S. Adams (D-58th District), Chair of Legislative Black Caucus, and Rep. Linda Coleman (D-39th District) are the primary sponsors for House Bill 1072 (Community Action Agencies Funds). House Bill 1072 requests $5 million to replace lost federal funds. The bill has passed the first reading and been referred to the Committee on Appropriations. · Co-sponsors are Rep. Lucy Allen (D-49th District), Rep. Angela Bryant (D-7th District), Rep. Becky Carney (D-102nd District), Rep. Bob England (D-112th District), Rep. Bill Faison (D-50th District), Rep. Annie Mobley (D-5th District), Rep. Earline W. Parmon (D-72nd District), Rep. Raymond C. Rapp (D-118th), Rep. Deborah K. Ross (D-38th District), Rep. Joe Tolson (D-38th District), Rep. Ray Warren (D-88th District) and Rep. Jennifer Weiss (D-35th). You may track the process of this legislation by going to the N.C. General Assembly Home page. Home