Franchot's Video Promotes Tax E-Filing -- with Bathroom Humor

Late tax filers who owe money to Maryland can get a two-week extension on their state returns to April 30, Comptroller Peter Franchot's office has announced -- but only if they file electronically.

Franchot has been pushing e-filing all tax season because it saves his office $2 for each electronically-filed return, compared to returns that be opened and processed manually by his tax staff.

That's the news. Now, for the delivery... Another public service announcement on You Tube.

"E-filer Knows Best" is the title of the 1 minute, 17 second video, which taps into the procrastination instinct common to many taxpayers around April 15.

"Do you wait until the last minute to do just about everything?" a narrator says. The grainy, black-and-white video cuts to a woman caught behind the wheel of her car with no gas, a girl delivering a homework assignment late to a disapproving teacher and....a man wetting his pants because he can't get to the bathroom quickly enough. And you thought taxes were boring?

Check out the video. Franchot is also doing an online chat on the topic from 2-3 p.m. Thursday.

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