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Notice: Historical Content This is an archival or historical document and may not reflect current law, policies or procedures. More In News. IRS Free File allows taxpayers to prepare and e-file their taxes for free. It can also be used to e-file a free extension to file request.
Midnight April 18 is the deadline for receipt of an e-filed extension request. Payment penalties and interest will also apply if you did not pay your taxes owed by April 18, The penalties for not filing a return are higher than the penalties for not paying taxes owed.
Find out if late penalties apply to you. Important: If you have an accepted tax extension in your eFile. If you are expecting a refund, you will not face any penalties. However, you must file your return within three years after the original return deadline to claim your refund.
After three years, the refund is gone. For Tax Returns, this is by April 18, If you owe tax, submit your extension to give you more time to file, not pay. If you indicated that you are out of the country, this gives you two months until June 15, from the original filing date. If you do not have an eFile. If you are already an eFile. Start Your Tax Return Now! This question calls attention to a key distinction about what a tax extension is — and what it is not.
An extension only gives you more time to finish the paperwork, not more time to pay. Your tax payment is due on the tax deadline , which typically falls on April 15 or on the next business day if it falls on a weekend or holiday.
Filing a tax extension is not a bad thing. There is no penalty for filing an extension. However, not paying on time or enough, or failing to file altogether, may cost you. The IRS encourages everyone to have all the information they need in hand to make sure they file a complete and accurate return.
Having an accurate tax return can avoid processing delays, refund delays and later IRS notices. This is especially important for people who received advance Child Tax Credit payments or Economic Impact Payments American Rescue Plan stimulus payments in ; they will need the amounts of these payments when preparing their tax return.
Like last year, there will be individuals filing tax returns who, even though they are not required to file, need to file a return to claim a Recovery Rebate Credit to receive the tax credit from the stimulus payments or reconcile advance payments of the Child Tax Credit.
People who don't normally file also could receive other credits. The filing deadline to submit tax returns or an extension to file and pay tax owed is Monday, April 18, , for most taxpayers. By law, Washington, D. The due date is April 18, instead of April 15, because of the Emancipation Day holiday in the District of Columbia for everyone except taxpayers who live in Maine or Massachusetts. Taxpayers in Maine or Massachusetts have until April 19, , to file their returns due to the Patriots' Day holiday in those states.
Taxpayers requesting an extension will have until Monday, October 17, , to file. Rettig noted that IRS employees continue to work hard on critical areas affected by the pandemic, including processing of tax returns from last year and record levels of phone calls coming in.
This is frustrating for taxpayers, for IRS employees and for me," Rettig said. And we will continue to look for ways to improve. We want to deliver as much as possible while also protecting the health and safety of our employees and taxpayers. Additional resources are essential to helping our employees do more in — and beyond.
The IRS continues to reduce the inventory of prior-year individual tax returns that have not been fully processed. As of December 3, , the IRS has processed nearly million tax returns. All paper and electronic individual refund returns received prior to April have been processed if the return had no errors or did not require further review.
Taxpayers generally will not need to wait for their return to be fully processed to file their tax returns and can file when they are ready.
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