Tax Day In LA: A Survival Guide

Tax Day has is here, but you need not despair. We've rounded-up all of the info you need to to make this most dreaded of days a bit more bearable. There are plenty of freebies and discounts for beleaguered taxpayers throughout the area. Or you can find a local tea party at which to vent your frustration with the government, or your frustration with those venting their frustration with the government. You could even pay your taxes.

NBC Los Angeles has a list of all of the freebies being offered throughout the city, including free Starbucks coffee, free Cinnabon cupcakes, and free pancakes for kids at IHOP.

VIA LAist comes a listing of the Tax Day Tea Parties throughout Southern California:
* Long Beach Long Beach Patriots: Tax Day Tea Party @ Bixby Park near Ocean Blvd (5-7 pm)
* Santa Clarita Tea Party Patriots - SCV: Tax Day Tea Party Rally @ City Hall on Valencia Blvd. (4-7 pm)
* Palmdale The Antelope Valley Tea Party Group: A.V. Tea Party Patriots Tax Day Event @ 10th Street West and Rancho Vista Blvd. (4-7 pm)
* West Covina West Covina Teapartiers: TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY! @Applebee's Restaurant (5-7 pm)
* Woodland Hills San Fernando Valley Patriots: Tea Party Sidewalk Rally and Relief Food Drive @Sidewalk March to Warner Center Park (5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.)
* Pasadena California Tea Party Patriots: Pasadena Tea Party 1st Anniversary @ McCambridge Park (2 pm)
* Redondo Beach South Bay Tea Party/Tax Day Tea Party @South Bay Los Angeles (5-7 pm)
* Torrance Torrance (CA) TEA Party: Taxed Enough Already (TEA) Demonstration @Torrance Civic Center (Pool) (12:00 p.m. - dark)
* El Segundo SouthBayTeaParty: Tax Day Tea Party @ane Harman's Office (5-7 pm)

And finally, for those of you who've waited for the last minute, the Daily News has provided this handy list of Post Offices with extended hours:
* Airport Station, 9029 Airport Blvd., Los Angeles; mail collection and retail service until midnight;

* City of Industry, 15421 E. Gale Ave.; mail collection until midnight, retail service until 6 p.m.;

* Long Beach, 2300 Redondo Ave.; mail collection until midnight, retail service until 7 p.m.;

* Los Angeles, 7001 S. Central Ave.; mail collection until midnight, retail service until 8 p.m.;

* Pasadena, 600 Lincoln Ave.; mail collection and retail service until 10 p.m.;

* Santa Ana, 3101 W. Sunflower Ave.; mail collection until midnight, retail service until 7 p.m.;

* Van Nuys, 15701 Sherman Way; mail collection and retail service until midnight; and

* Yorba Linda, B&B Pharmacy, 18525 Yorba Linda Blvd., mail collection and retail service until 10 p.m.

Comments

[mopfromirvine]

03:58 PM on 04/15/2010

47% didn't pay Federal income tax because they made too little money! Its something like less than $30,000!!! They DO pay payroll taxes, sales taxes, etc. Tea Partiers, please stop complaining about this 47% and tell us about your solutions.

[Jazz88105]

03:22 PM on 04/15/2010

They protest, as 47% of Americans paid no federal taxes this year. Makes you wonder what it really is about I think it's because a black man is living in the White House.

[Steamboater]

07:05 PM on 04/15/2010

This is California and you obviously don't live here. It's not just taxes but fines and everything else that has skyrocketed. There's even a surcharge now of 9 1/2% on parking fines. Passing a red light has gone from $250.00 to almost $500.00. In Sacramento, the city leaves a trash container in front of your house for any dirt or garden work you've trashed but doesn't tell you that it's going to cost you if you use it. Everything has gone sky high and services are cut below the bone for the neediest. This is not about race at all. All the rage about taxes is cumulative.

[cordyc]

04:41 AM on 04/16/2010

Then get the wealthy and commercial real estate to start paying their fair share. Reform Prop 13 and we wouldn't have the problem.

BTW, in CA we still pay less overall than Texans who have no income tax but all the other ones.

PS. You can save a lot by obeying traffic laws like not running red lights.

[whispurr]

05:35 AM on 04/16/2010

You seriously support a party that doesn't support YOU? Deep.