DEADLINE FOR FILERS NEARS : THE CHECK'S IN THE MAIL.Byline: Jeannette DeSantis Daily News Staff Writer It's crunch (1) To process data. See number crunching. (2) To compress data. See data compression. 1. (jargon) crunch - To process, usually in a time-consuming or complicated way. time. Frenzied fren·zied adj. Affected with or marked by frenzy; frantic: a frenzied rush for the exits. fren tax preparers flooded the offices of H&R Block in Canoga Park on Monday trying to beat tonight's deadline to file their 1996 income tax returns. ``Some are waiting for more information, others just like to be part of the excitement at the end,'' said Irene M. Werner, an H&R Block district manager. ``And of course, we have the procrastinators.'' Damon Donnelly, 27, was one of those procrastinating filers. He simply gave up worrying and went for an extension. ``I am just lazy and lackadaisical lack·a·dai·si·cal adj. Lacking spirit, liveliness, or interest; languid: "There'll be no time to correct lackadaisical driving techniques after trouble develops" William J. Hampton. ,'' said Donnelly, who works at Pacific Bell but moonlights as a dance instructor. ``I am like that about a lot of things.'' Others had their own reasons for waiting so long. Seventy-year-old Jeri Reed just moved her family to Tarzana from Texas. A stop at the tax preparer's office was just one of the many strings she needed to tie up. ``In Texas, we didn't have state taxes,'' said Reed, who cares for her 50-year-old son with multiple sclerosis multiple sclerosis (MS), chronic, slowly progressive autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks the protective myelin sheaths that surround the nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord (a process called demyelination), resulting in damaged areas . ``But I still had to file income taxes. I am just relieved it is over.'' Others see little point to filing early. ``I put it off because I know I am not going to get any money back,'' said Jim Wigle, a 33-year-old Reseda electrician. ``There was no rush for me.'' The Canoga Park H&R Block office on Sherman Way will stay open ``until the last filing is done,'' Werner said. Anticipating a last-minute wave of tax forms, several San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. post offices will stay open until midnight with walk-up window service and workers stationed outside to collect returns. Meanwhile, smaller or private tax businesses have finished their final filings and are now preparing extensions. ``People are constantly calling wanting to get extensions,'' said Michael A. Gietter, a former IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. agent turned tax preparer. Gietter, who also represents clients targeted by IRS audits, stops preparing filings two days before the deadline to concentrate on extensions, which give taxpayers until Oct. 15 to file a state return and Aug. 15 for a federal filing. ``That is when it gets crazy,'' said Gietter, a 20-year veteran of the tax business. Post offices open until midnight San Fernando Valley @Burbank Main Post Office, 2140 N. Hollywood Way Canoga Park Main Post Office, 8201 Canoga Ave. Encino, 5805 White Oak Blvd. Glendale Main Post Office, 313 E. Broadway Northridge Main Post Office, 9534 Reseda Blvd. Sherman Oaks, 14900 Magnolia Magnolia, city, United States Magnolia (măgnō`lyə), city (1990 pop. 11,151), seat of Columbia co., SW Ark.; inc. 1855. Its oil industry has been important since 1938. Blvd. Studio City, 3950 Laurel Canyon Laurel Canyon can refer to several things:
Sylmar, 13700 Foothill Blvd. Van Nuys Main Post Office, 15701 Sherman Way Woodland Hills Main Post Office, 22121 Clarendon St. Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. CAPTION(S): Box, Photo Box: THE CHECK'S IN THE MAIL (See text) Photo: Jim Wigle helps Aden Finkelstein prepare his tax return at H & R Block Monday. David R. Crane/Daily News |
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