Postmarked ....

I respectfully suggest that all mailed payments be accepted by the postmarked date. That puts the responsibility of timely payments on each of us and removes any connection, liability, and suspicion that are an inherent part of the current ‘posting date’ that dictates whether our payments are late or not.

I can see many avenues for the temptation of fraud by the manipulation of posting dates under the current system. The fix is easy, and is one that in endorsed by the IRS. Simply use the postmarked date. This should be applied to all mailed payments, and verification should also be made much cheaper than the present draconian charges.