


But your specific extended filing and payment deadlines will depend on the day you leave (or left) the combat zone. If you’re in the armed forces and are currently or were recently stationed in a combat zone, the filing and payment deadlines for your 2022 taxes are most likely extended by 180 days. 16 to file and to pay, according to an IRS spokesperson.

Thanks to many rounds of extreme weather in recent months, for instance, tax filers in most of California - which accounts for 10% to 15% of all federal filers - have already been granted an extension until Oct. Here is where you can find the specific extension dates for each disaster area. Not everyone has to file on April 18: If you live in a federally declared disaster area, have a business there - or have relevant tax documents stored by businesses in that area - it’s likely the IRS has already extended the filing and payment deadlines for you. The agency also added a roster of new online tools for filers, he added. And the wait times on those phone calls dropped to just 4 minutes this filing season from 27 minutes last filing season. “This is the first tax season since 2019 where the IRS and the nation were on normal footing,” IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said in a call with reporters.įor instance, Werfel noted that since January, thanks to an infusion of some new funding after years of budget cuts, IRS employees have been able to answer 87% of calls from filers with questions. Whether you have already filed your tax return or still need to, the good news is this tax filing season has gone much more smoothly than the past three, which were hurt by the pandemic. (It is also, apparently, National Animal Crackers Day for those who celebrate.) It’s April 18, the official deadline to file your federal and state income tax returns for 2022.
