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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, February 22, 1994                   TAG: 9402220164
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

VIRGINIANS ARE SLOW TO FILE STATE TAX RETURNS

Blame the weather; blame procrastination - state tax returns are not coming in at the rate they were last year.

Virginians aren't the only ones holding out. The Internal Revenue Service says returns for the entire country are down, especially in states that have experienced rough weather.

Still, tax deadlines are coming regardless of how much sleet, snow and ice are in the streets. The federal deadline is April 15, and the Virginia deadline is May 1.

According to figures the state Department of Taxation released Thursday, as of Feb. 14, the state had received 195,114 state tax returns. That's down from the same period in 1993, when 233,613 were filed. - Associated Press 


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