11.   With the tax filing deadline just nine days away, taxpayers have been scrambling to stash their cash to take advantage of every conceivable tax break.

12.   It takes the IRS roughly three months after the mid-April filing deadline to finish processing all the returns.

13.   Less than a week before the tax filing deadline, IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti is warning taxpayers not to be tempted to cheat because of falling audit rates.

14.   The INS objected to the court-ordered remedy, which extended the amnesty filing deadline for those who had been turned down.

15.   Two agencies, the departments of Interior and State, did not meet filing deadlines.