IRS plans to extend tax-filing deadline to mid-May

The IRS is planning to extend the tax-filing deadline to mid-May, according to two top House Democrats.

A news release Wednesday from House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) and Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) states that the deadline will be moved from April 15 to May 17.