For taxpayers who have yet to file their federal and state tax returns, despite a one-day extension to midnight tonight in Maryland this year, some local accountants have one suggestion: File an extension request.

“Really, the only thing they can do is file an extension request ? if they don?t have all their information together,” said Eugene Nazelrod, a certified public accountant and certified financial planner at Towson-based Nazelrod and Associates.