Updated at 4:46 p.m., Friday, April 6, 2007
Postal Service offers late mail collection on tax day
News Release
HONOLULU – A total of 25 Post Offices across the state will offer late collection of mail from specially marked collection boxes on April 17 to accommodate last-second filers of federal tax returns. In addition, the retail windows at the Airport Post Office will remain open until 9 p.m. one hour later than usual on that night in order to accommodate customers who need to purchase stamps or special services.The deadline to file 2006 federal tax forms without requesting an extension from the IRS is Tuesday, April 17. This is because the traditional deadline April 15 falls on a Sunday this year and Monday, April 16, is Emancipation Day, a legal holiday in Washington, D.C.
All mail deposited by midnight in collection boxes labeled with a special bright orange sign indicating Tax Mail Drop Final Pick-Up Midnight will receive the sought-after April 17 postmarks. The locations of the 25 Post Offices offering late collections are:
O'ahu
Airport Main Post Office
Downtown Post Office
'Ewa Beach Post Office
Hale'iwa Post Office
Kailua Post Office
Kane'ohe Post Office
Kapalama Post Office
La'ie Post Office
Makiki Post Office
Mililani Post Office
Wai'alae-Kahala Post Office
Wai'anae Post Office
Waikiki Post Office
Waipahu Post Office
Maui
Kahului Post Office
Kihei Post Office
Lahaina (Main) Post Office
Makawao Post Office
Wailuku Post Office
Hawai'i
Hilo (Airport) Post Office
Kailua, Kona Post Office
Waimea Post Office
Kaua'i
Lihu'e Post Office
Moloka'i
Kaunakakai Post Office
Lana'i
Lana'i City Post Office
Due to the declining numbers of citizens who submit their returns by mail (the IRS estimates that 60 percent of all federal tax returns will be filed electronically this year) the Postal Service is discontinuing its tradition of providing curbside service to last-second filers of federal tax returns at its drive-by collection boxes.
The Postal Service provides the following friendly reminders regarding the mailing of tax returns: