By WHITNEE ICESt. Joseph PostIt’s Tax Day. After moving the tax filing deadline from April 15th&nbsp;to today May 17th, it has finally arrived.&nbsp;&nbsp;IRS spokesperson Michael Devine says the&nbsp;COVID&nbsp;pandemic has slowed down the IRS&nbsp;when processing&nbsp;paperwork.&nbsp;&nbsp;“Processing mail, tax returns, payments, refunds, correspondents&nbsp;is&nbsp;just taking much longer,” Devine tells St. Joseph Post. “We are now opening and processing correspondence as it arrives but it’s still taking longer.”&nbsp;&nbsp;Devine says&nbsp;filing your tax return by&nbsp;the end of the day today will allow you to avoid the failure to file penalty.&nbsp;&nbsp;“That’s ten times larger than the failure to pay penalties&nbsp;so it’s better to file your tax return even if you can’t pay everything you owe&nbsp;and then let the IRS give you all the options that you have so that you can pay that tax bill,” says Devine.&nbsp;Devine encourages everyone to file their tax return by the end of the day.&nbsp;“The job is getting done and the important part is as&nbsp;more things are put on us you know filing season and issuing the economic impact payments, we’re doing that just as quickly as we can as accurately as possible.”&nbsp;To file tax returns you must file by midnight tonight.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Today is Tax Day