April 17 is the new April 15.

Federal and California taxpayers have two extra days to file and pay their 2006 income taxes. The extension was made because April 15 falls on a Sunday and the following day, Monday, April 16, is a legal holiday in the District of Columbia.

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The April 17 deadline applies to 2006 state and federal income tax returns, whether filed electronically or on paper; 2006 balance due tax payments, whether made electronically (e-Pay, credit cards) or by check; individual estimated tax payments for the first quarter of 2007, made electronically or by check, and other provisions as detailed by the IRS in IR-2007-15.

Read more at www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=167194,00.html.

More information regarding state returns can be found at www.ftb.ca.gov.