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Deadline Looms for Last-Minute Florida Income-Tax Filers.

By Rafael Gerena-Morales, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 15--If you haven't filed your taxes, take a deep breath. Today is the deadline.

But you can exhale because there's some good news: There still are places to turn to for information. And the average refund so far this year is $2,090, an increase of $102, or 5.2 percent. As of Friday, the IRS refunded $153 billion to taxpayers, 7.7 percent more than at the same time last year.

And if you can't pull together your tax return on time, you can still file

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