Taxpayers who need more time to complete their returns should submit their requests for an automatic extension electronically by April 15, the Internal Revenue Service urged today.

Although the IRS today confirmed a tax filing delay for millions of taxpayers claiming any of five popular credits related to AMT calculations, a survey conducted Dec. 18 to 20 for H&R Block (NYSE:HRB), the country’s largest tax preparation firm, revealed that a majority of taxpayers questioned were unaware of the potential tax filing delay created by the recent passage of the AMT legislation.

Taxpayers affected by the major storm that hit the Northeastern United States April 16 now have until Thursday, April 26 to file their tax returns, the Internal Revenue Service said today.

Taxpayers who were unable to e-file their tax returns Tuesday using Intuit Inc. software products have until midnight on Thursday, April 19, to file their returns, the Internal Revenue Service announced Wednesday.

The North Carolina Department of Revenue has extended the deadline for filing state tax returns this year, the agency announced today. The extended deadline conforms to a change made by the Internal Revenue Service, which moved its deadline for filing federal tax forms to April 17, 2007.