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IRS expected to delay tax filing deadline

17 March 2021
Dan Ackermann

The IRS is expected to push its April 15 tax filing deadline by approximately a month, though no exact deadline has been set, accordingto multiplereports.

Why it matters: The decision comes after lawmakers have asked the agency to postpone the deadline due to "what is becoming one of the most complicated tax seasons in decades" due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bloomberg writes.

The state of play: The deadline for tax filing is expected to be pushed to mid-May, per reports.

  • “The IRS is still figuring out what the final deadline will be," Bloomberg writes.
  • "We must not minimize or trivialize the hardships of taxpayers and tax professionals or the urgent need for deferment from an arduous filing environment," the American Institute of CPAs wrote in a statement, per Fox Business.

Transcripts show George Floyd told police "I can't breathe" over 20 times

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Newly released transcripts of bodycam footage from the Minneapolis Police Department show that George Floyd told officers he could not breathe more than 20 times in the moments leading up to his death.

Why it matters: Floyd's killing sparked a national wave of Black Lives Matter protests and an ongoing reckoning over systemic racism in the United States. The transcripts "offer one the most thorough and dramatic accounts" before Floyd's death, The New York Times writes.

The state of play: The transcripts were released as former officer Thomas Lane seeks to have the charges that he aided in Floyd's death thrown out in court, per the Times. He is one of four officers who have been charged.

  • The filings also include a 60-page transcript of an interview with Lane. He said he "felt maybe that something was going on" when asked if he believed that Floyd was having a medical emergency at the time.

What the transcripts say:

  • Floyd told the officers he was claustrophobic as they tried to get him into the squad car.
  • The transcripts also show Floyd saying, "Momma, I love you. Tell my kids I love them. I'm dead."
  • Former officer Derek Chauvin, who had his knee on Floyd's neck for over eight minutes, told Floyd, "Then stop talking, stop yelling, it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk."

Read the transcripts via DocumentCloud.