If you, like me, joined millions of other taxpayers in filing for an extension this year, be sure to check your calendar: October 15 is the due date to file your 2019 tax return. To avoid late filing penalties, you need to file on or before the October 15 deadline. If you owe taxes, you’ll…
Last month, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that the tax filing season had been pushed to July 15, 2020. A few days later, the IRS issued guidance, making official the announcement tweeted by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (and subsequently retweeted by the IRS) that the due date for filing tax returns and making tax payments has been…
Taxpayer asks: What if I already filed my 1040 and scheduled an EFTPS automatic payment on April 15? Is there a way to cancel that automatic payment and take advantage of the deferral to July 15? Taxgirl says: To be honest, I didn’t know the answer to this one, so I had to do a…
Didn’t get your return filed on time on Tax Day? All is not lost. Here are 10 tips to consider.
With just over two weeks until Tax Day, many taxpayers are in a panic, egged on by headlines screaming about “last minute” filers and procrastinators. You can tell the folks who write headlines don’t generally work with actual taxpayers: if they did, they’d understand that there’s loads of time left before it’s “last minute.” For…
Columbus Day is a federal holiday (one of twelve for Congress) which means that post office and other government offices are closed – but many local government offices are open for business as usual. You can also bet that your local tax professional is working today: it’s just one week before the filing deadline for…
