Technological changes such as the rise of collaboration tools make it easier to multi-task: you can have a chat window, a word-processing document, a Web browser, and other applications all open at the same time on your computer, and switch easily between them.

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Processing of those returns must be initiated prior to April 15, placing them within the eight-week window, too.

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