A trusted tradition in mailing may be coming to an end. For generations, Americans have relied on the “mailbox rule”—the idea that a letter or tax return is considered sent on the day it’s dropped in the mailbox. This principle has protected taxpayers, legal filers, and charitable donors from penalties, as long as their documents bore a timely postmark. But a recent change by the U.S. P...
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