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Coffee Break: Tax feelings

by Anna Reed

April 18, 2017

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The deadline for filing taxes on income earned in 2016 is tonight at midnight.

Normally Tax Day is April 15, but that was this past Saturday. Yesterday was Emancipation Day - a holiday in Washington DC to mark the anniversary of the signing of the Compensated Emancipation Act. So that leaves today, the 18th, as this year's Tax Day, which gives taxpayers three extra days to file their returns.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that embody the way you feel about your taxes this year?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Johnny Cash - After Taxes
The Flying Lizards - Money
Dick Powell - The Gold Digger's Song (We're In The Money)
The Drums - Money
Fitz and The Tantrums - MoneyGrabber
Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons
The Beatles - Taxman
Ray Charles - Busted