It's back!

For the 7th year in a row, the Shark Reef will gladly take a bite out of your taxes.

Between noon and 10 p.m. tomorrow, April 15, bring your taxes to Mandalay Bay (for the most convenient entrance, park outside of the garage at the south entrance to the Shark Reef), and the friendly folks will stamp it with a unique shark cancellation that would be suitable for framing, except that the IRS will take the envelope too. Regular stamps will be available for purchase.

For mailing your taxes at a Mandalay p.o. box, you'll receive two free tickets to the Shark Reef Aquarium, plus an entry into a contest that awards a lucky tax procrastinator a free night at THEhotel, two spa treatments, and a $200 dining voucher at any of Mandalay's restaurants.

A few years ago, we took advantage of delaying our taxes to get entry into the cool aquarium (with temperatures in the 90s already, swimming with the fishies is a welcome respite) and received a gray commemorative t-shirt, and after dozens of washes, it's still holding up and still being worn.

For those who do their taxes early, we don't condone the scam of bringing a stamped empty envelope addressed to the IRS so that you can exchange it for 2 free tickets. Again, we wouldn't dare suggest you try this to sneak in. The last thing the IRS needs is empty envelopes to sift through. Humph. Now they know how we feel.