If you’re self-employed or have other income without any tax withholding, and you make quarterly estimated tax payments, this is the due date for your final quarterly payment for the 2024 tax year.

After taking your first RMD (for 2023) by April 1, 2024 if you turned 73 in 2023, you also need to take your 2024 RMD by the end of the year. This is also the deadline if you are otherwise required to take an RMD for 2024.

If you filed a tax extension, this is the date you must submit your tax return in order to avoid late filing penalties.

If you filed a tax extension, this is the date you must submit your tax return in order to avoid late filing penalties.

Today marks the third deadline for 2024 tax year estimated payments. The IRS calls them quarterly estimated taxes, but they aren't due on traditional quarterly dates nor equal to three months of payments. They represent a quarterly portion of your estimated tax liability paid at irregular intervals. The first payment is due at 3.5 months, the second at 5.5 months, the third at 8.5 months, and the fourth at 12.5 months.

If you filed a tax extension, this is the date you must submit your tax return in order to avoid late filing penalties.

Today marks the second deadline for 2024 tax year estimated payments. The IRS calls them quarterly estimated taxes, but they aren't due on traditional quarterly dates nor equal to three months of payments. They represent a quarterly portion of your estimated tax liability paid at irregular intervals. The first payment is due at 3.5 months, the second at 5.5 months, the third at 8.5 months, and the fourth at 12.5 months.

The April 15th tax day deadline is the last day to request an extension to file your individual income tax return, granting you the ability to delay filing a completed tax return until October 15, 2024. But remember, even if you choose to file an extension, you are still required to pay any taxes you may owe by the April 15th deadline.

If your business uses a fiscal year, you need to file your tax return by the 15th day of the third month following the close of your tax year. For example, if your business uses an April 1st - March 31st tax year, your business tax return would be due June 15th instead of April 15th.

For individual income tax return filers, this marks the final day to make contributions to your IRA or HSA for the 2023 tax year. After this date, you generally can’t make contributions for the previous tax year.

Whether you apply for an extension or are filing your tax return today, any 2023 taxes that you owe are due today, in order to avoid interest and late payment penalties.

Making estimated tax payments means that you need to estimate how much income you’re likely to make for the year and determine how much you will owe to the IRS for income taxes. IRS Publication 505 contains all the rules and details you might need to know about how to calculate this amount. If you overestimated how much tax liability you’d owe for a year and are due a refund, you can choose to receive that money now or apply the overage to the following year’s quarterly tax payments.

If you turned 73 in 2023, you have until April 1, 2024, to take your 2023 required minimum distribution (your first required distribution) from your retirement account. After passage of the SECURE Act 2.0 in 2022, if you turned 73 years old on or after 2022, you don’t need to take RMDs until you reach age 73.

Today marks the deadline for filing extensions for pass through entities, including S Corporations (1120S) and Partnerships (1065). If your business uses a fiscal year, you generally need to file your tax return by the 15th day of the third month following the close of your tax year. For example, if your business uses an April 1 - March 31 tax year, your business tax return would be due June 15 instead of March 15.

If you chose to claim an exemption from your employer withholding taxes from your paycheck last year by filing a Form W-4, you’ll need to re-file the form by this date. You would file this exemption request if you anticipate having no tax liability this year and had none in the previous year.

The IRS requires all employers to send employees and contractors their W-2s and certain 1099s no later than January 31 following the close of the tax year. Generally, this means W-2s and 1099s get sent by January 31, but employees and contractors won’t necessarily receive their forms by this date.

This marks the first day the IRS will begin accepting and processing 2023 federal tax returns.

If you’re self-employed or have other income without any tax withholding, and you make quarterly estimated tax payments, this is the due date for your final quarterly payment for the 2023 tax year.

If you filed a tax extension, this is the date you must submit your tax return in order to avoid late filing penalties.