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Questions
1. Cartoonists often use exaggeration to make a point. What point is the cartoonist making through exaggeration?
2. Ask a parent and a grandparent: Do you think the cartoonist is making a fair assertion? Explain your answer.
3. In the U.S., Tax Day is a slang term for the day on which individual income tax returns are due to the federal government. What is the date of tax day?
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Cartoon by Steve Breen
Answers
1. The cartoonist is exaggerating how unpleasant it is to do taxes; he implies that completing annual income tax forms is very difficult for most people to do themselves.
2. Answers vary.
3. Since 1955, Tax Day is usually on April 15.
When April 15 falls on a weekend, Emancipation Day, or any other holiday, tax returns are instead due on the following business day. Due to Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C., (which is observed on the weekday closest to April 16), when April 15 falls on a Friday, tax returns are due the following Monday; when April 15 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, tax returns are due the following Tuesday.
In 2016, Tax Day is April 18. (from wikipedia)
