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Welcome to Ask the Patch Pro, where each week we tackle a different topic and open up the comment section for questions. Our team of experts stop in to help you out and answer your questions. It's time to file your taxes and Patch wants to help you find the answers to your questions, but we needed some help. We've compiled a team of experts to help us out. Meet the experts:  

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IRS Delays 2013 Tax Return Processing

A Manchester tax service reports another delay to the beginning of the 2013 filing season: The IRS will begin processing individual income tax returns eight days later than originally targeted.

Two Positions Open on Parkway School Board, Filing Begins Tuesday

The terms of Tom Appelbaum and Sam Sciortino expire in April, 2013. Filing begins Tuesday for the April election.

The following information was provided by the Parkway School District in a news release. (Sign up here for the FREE Patch Newsletter, including Breaking News Alerts.) Two director positions are open on the Parkway Board of Education, each for a three-year term, in the April 2013 election.  Candidate filing begins at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, and continues through 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013.  Filing must be done in person at the Parkway Administrative Center, 455 N. Woods Mill Rd., Chesterfield, Mo 63017. Filing hours are from 8 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.  On the last day of filing, January 15, the hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  No filing will take place on December 25 or January 1, as district …

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Tax Filing Deadline Extended to April 17

The IRS has extended the tax filing deadline to April 17.

Once again this year, the Internal Revenue Service is giving taxpayers extra time to file their tax returns, thanks to Emancipation Day. Last year, it was an extra weekend, this year, the IRS is extending the filing deadline to Tuesday, April 17. The IRS made the announcement Wednesday on its website. According to the press release, the deadline to file 2011 tax returns and pay any tax due is extended from April 15 to April 17 because April 15 falls on a Sunday, and Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in the District of Columbia, falls on Monday, April 16. The IRS stated in the release that federal law requires District of Columbia holidays to impact tax deadlines the same as federal holidays do so taxpayers get the two-day extension. "It…

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UPDATED: Filing Begins for April 2012 Election

Candidate filings for the April 3, 2012 city government elections officially open in Manchester and Town and Country Tuesday morning.

UPDATE NOV. 15: Town and Country Ward 4 Alderman Phil Behnen has filed for reelection in the April 2012 election. UPDATE: All Manchester incumbents have filed for re-election, including Mayor David Willson. So far, the Ward 1 race is the only one to be challenged. Alderman Hal Roth is the incumbent. Manchester resident Barbara Stevens has also filed as a candidate for Ward 1 Alderman. In Town and Country, Ward 2 Alderman Al Gerber is the only incumbent who has file for re-election as of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. However, residents Dorothy Cooke and former Town and Country mayor, Richard "Skip" Mange, have both filed as alderman candidates for Ward 1.  READ ORIGINAL STORY: Candidate filings for April 3, 2012 city government elections officially …

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Manchester Post Office Remains Open, City Administrator Resigns

Manchester aldermen pass the 2012 budget, the city administrator resigns and the post office will remain open.

At Monday night's Manchester Board of Aldermen meeting, Mayor David Willson announced that despite talk of a possible closure, the Manchester post office will remain open for another four years. The office in Manchester Meadows will however close, Willson said. Also Monday, Manchester City Administrator and City Engineer Ed Blattner announced he can no longer hold both positions affectively and resigned as the city administrator. Blattner served as the city administrator for seven years. He will continue to serve as the city engineer and remain working as the city administrator until that position is filled. The city administrator is an appointed position. "The two positions are overwhelming timewise." Willson tells Patch about Blattner's …

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Manchester Aldermen Address City Budget, 2012 Election

The Manchester Board of Aldermen could vote to pass the city's 2012 budget Monday night. Filing procedurs for the 2012 election are also in the agenda. Read the full agenda here.

The Manchester Board of Aldermen could vote to pass the city's 2012 budget Monday night. David Tuberty, director of finance for the city of Manchester, gave a presentation on the proposed 2012 fiscal budget at the last board of aldermen meeting. Tuberty said there is a projected revenue of all funds combined of $16.9 million with projected expenditures of $16.5 million for the overall budget. (Read Previous Story: Manchester Alderman Tackle 2012 City Budget) Filing procedures for the 2012 election are also in the agenda. Filing opens at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11. For more details on Monday's meeting see the above agenda and supporting documents included in the PDF portion of this article. Town and Country - Manchester Patch will attend Monday…

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Taxpayers Get an Extra Weekend to Prepare Returns with Extended Filing Deadline

With fewer people filing paper returns, local post offices will maintain regular business hours on April 18.

The familiar April 15 deadline for filing federal and state tax returns is three days later this year thanks to a little-known holiday celebrated in the District of Columbia called Emancipation Day. It marks the day President Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act in 1862, which freed about 3,100 slaves in the district. Normally, the holiday is recognized on April 16, but when it falls on a Saturday, like this year, it is observed the preceding Friday. Under the tax law, District of Columbia holidays are considered federal holidays, which prompted the IRS to move the deadline to April 18. John Kasperek, owner of Manchester's Kasperek & Co. Accountants, said about half of his clients knew the deadline had been pushed back …

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Weekly Patch Preview

Take a look at just some of what you'll find on Town and Country - Manchester Patch this week.

Coming up this week on your Town and Country - Manchester Patch site: Martin Luther King Holiday-  Patch takes a look back that the civil right's movement through the eyes of a life-long Manchester resident. She'll share her story of school desegregation and more with Patch readers. Manchester Board of Alderman Budget Discussion- The Manchester Board of Aldermen will once again discuss the city's 2011 budget. It's an issue that's caused much heated debate between aldermen and residents. Patch will be cover Monday night's meeting and let readers know what happens, plus we'll take a closer look at the abstention issue and the history behind what makes it such a hot topic now. Candidate Filing Deadline This Week for April Election- The …

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Incumbents Sign Up On First Day of Filing

Candidates filed for the Manchester and Town and Country city councils and the Parkway Board of Education on the first day of filing for the April election.

Tuesday was the first day to file for office for the April 5 election. Candidates filed for the Manchester and Town and Country boards of aldermen and the Parkway Board of Education. Filing closed at 4 p.m. Tuesday and all but one of the candidates who filed were incumbents. Town and Country has four seats open in April. Incumbents David A. Karney, of ward 4, Tim Welby, of ward 2, and Lynn H. Wright, of ward 1, filed for re-election. No candidate has yet filed for ward 3, though there is plenty of time as filing continues through Jan. 18. Alderman Karney, who has lived in Town and Country since 1962, has served as and alderman for 13 years and was mayor from 2003-2005. He said he enjoys working with the city staff and the opportunity to …

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