Citizens thumb nose at April 15 deadline.

PositionTreasury News; taxes

More and more Americans are asking for an automatic four-month extension of the April 15 tax filing deadline, the Treasury Department said.

During the 2003 season, 8.5 million taxpayers asked for extensions, and the IRS expects more than three million to ask for two months more.

The result? The Treasury Department estimates that the IRS loses as much as $8.4 million a...

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