# tax time! yeah! yippee! yahoo!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-time-yeah-yippee-yahoo/288905>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 8, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-time-yeah-yippee-yahoo/288905 "2005-02-08T00:42:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![cedric45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@cedric45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cedric45)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-time-yeah-yippee-yahoo/288905/1 "2005-02-08T00:42:14Z")

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This is not in the tax instructions anywhere… 😕

By what date MUST you have received your 1099’s if any?  
By what date MUST you have received your W-2’s?

Is it the same date?

I’d like to go ahead and get this done. Thank you!  
CedricR. ☹

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-time-yeah-yippee-yahoo/288905/2 "2005-02-08T01:08:22Z")

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In _theory_, it’s 1-31 (mailed by). But in practice, it’s more like 2-15, since Governmental enities can pretty well be a little late with impunity.

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**Author:** ![cedric45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@cedric45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cedric45)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-time-yeah-yippee-yahoo/288905/3 "2005-02-08T11:24:54Z")

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Thanks, Maybe this’ll get my wife off my back. (I want to get our refund soonest too as I need to buy some new tires) I told her griping doesn’t get it done.  
CedricR.