There’s one positive coming out of the mid-February winter storm that shut down schools, caused electrical black outs and froze water pipes. The federal government extended the deadline for filing federal income tax forms to residents of Texas and two other states. “On February 11, Texas was declared a disaster area. Due to that there’s an automatic extension from the time to file to the due date,” said Scott Leonard, a certified public accountant with Newberry, Leonard, Horton & Bairrington Certified Public Accountants (CPA). While the filled-in forms are usually due April 15, the federal government extended the deadline for the three states ...