IRS: Tax Extension Deadline is Oct. 15
If you are asked for a six-month extension to file or pay your income taxes, the deadline is upon you—again.
Nearly quarter of a million Virginia residents asked for a tax filing extension, and now have just one full week left before the deadline to finish their returns and submit them to the Internal Revenue Service. It seems like a lifetime ago, but it was only this spring when many rushed to file for a six-month extension, giving them until Oct. 15 to get their tax returns prepared or their taxes paid. About 243,000 Virginians have requested an extension, said Mark Hanson, a North Carolina-based IRS spokesman. A total of 11 million people in the U.S. requested an automatic six-month extension, but many of them have yet to file, he added. Most people will have to pay by the Oct. 15 deadline—in 10 days—but a few people, such as military members …
