IMPORTANT TAX DATES FOR INDIVIDUALS 

• January 15th, 2021   Deadline for Fourth & Final Estimated  Tax Payment for 2020 year is due (1040ES)

• April 15th, 2021         Filing deadline for personal tax returns (1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, 1040SR)

• April 15th, 2021         Extension filing deadline for personal returns for 6 month extension: due Oct. 15th 2021

IMPORTANT TAX DATES FOR BUSINESSES

• March 15th, 2021       Filing deadline for partnership return (1065) & S-corp returns (1120, 1120A, 1120S)

• March 15th, 2021       Extension filing deadline for partnership returns (5 month extension: due July 15th, 2021                                       Extension filing deadline for S-corp & corporate returns (6 month extension due)

                                          Due Sept. 15th, 2021 

• April 15th, 2021          Filing deadline for C-corps operating on a calendar year (1120)

• April 15th, 2021          Extension deadlilne for C-corps (6 month extension: due Oct. 15th, 2021

• July 15th, 2021           Extended filing deadline for partnerships (1065)

• Sept. 15th, 2021         Extended filing deadline forS-corps operating on a calendar year (1120)

• Oct. 15th, 2021           Extended filing deadline for C-corps

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**The deadline for C-corp returns is the 15th day of the fourth month following the end of the corporation's fiscal year if the corporation operates on a fiscal, rather than a calendar year. 
 

**The deadline for S-corp and partnership returns is the 15th day of the fourth month following the end of the fiscal       year, if they're on a fiscal year rather than a calendar year.

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Deadlines in Calendar Year 2021 for 2020 Returns

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Here are important dates in chronological order, if you prefer to just flip through and mark them on your calendar. They include some additional to-do-by dates that might apply to you:

• Jan. 11, 2021: Deadline for employees who earned more than $20 in tip income in December 2020 to report this income to their employers on Form 4070

• Jan. 15, 2021: Deadline to pay the fourth-quarter estimated tax payment for tax year 2020

• Feb. 1, 2021: Deadline for employers to mail out W-2 Forms to their employees and for businesses to furnish 1099 Forms reporting non-employee compensation, bank interest, dividends, and distributions from a retirement plan

• Feb. 1, 2021: Deadline for financial institutions to mail out Form 1099-B relating to sales of stock, bonds, or mutual funds through a brokerage account, Form 1099-S relating to real estate transactions; and Form 1099-MISC, if the sender is reporting payments in boxes 8 or 14

• Feb. 1, 2021: Deadline for catching up on unpaid fourth-quarter estimated taxes without additional penalties by filing 2020 tax returns

• Feb. 10, 2021: Deadline for employees who earned more than $20 in tip income in January 2021 to report this income to their employers

• March 1, 2021: Deadline for businesses to mail Forms 1099 and 1096 to the IRS

• March 2, 2021: Deadline for farmers and fishermen to file individual income tax returns

• March 10, 2021: Deadline for employees who earned more than $20 in tip income in February 2021 to report this income to their employers

• March 15, 2021: Deadline for corporate tax returns (Forms 1120, 1120-A, and 1120-S) for tax year 2020, or to request an automatic six-month extension of time to file (Form 7004) for corporations that use the calendar year as their tax year, and for filing partnership tax returns (Form 1065) or to request an automatic five-month extension of time to file (Form 7004)

• March 31, 2021: Deadline for businesses to e-file Forms 1099 and 1096 to the IRS, except Form 1099-NEC

• April 12, 2021: Deadline for employees who earned more than $20 in tip income in March 2021 to report this income to their employers

• April 15, 2021: Deadline to file individual tax returns (Form 1040) for the tax year 2020 or to request an automatic extension (Form 4868) for an extra six months to file your return, and for payment of any tax due

• April 15, 2021: Deadline for household employers who paid $2,200 or more in wages in 2020 to file Schedule H for Form 1040

• April 15, 2021: Deadline for first-quarter estimated tax payments for the 2021 tax year

• May 10, 2021: Deadline for employees who earned more than $20 in tip income in April 2021 to report this income to their employers

• June 10, 2021: Deadline for employees who earned more than $20 in tip income in May 2021 to report this income to their employers

• June 15, 2021: Deadline for second-quarter estimated tax payments for the 2021 tax year

• June 15, 2021: Deadline for U.S. citizens living abroad to file individual tax returns or file Form 4868 for an automatic four-month extension

• July 12, 2021: Deadline for employees who earned more than $20 in tip income in June 2021 to report this income to their employers

• Aug. 10, 2021: Deadline for employees who earned more than $20 in tip income in July 2021 to report this income to their employers

• Sept. 10, 2021: Deadline for employees who earned more than $20 in tip income in August 2021 to report this income to their employers

• Sept. 15, 2021: Deadline for third-quarter estimated tax payments for the 2021 tax year

• Sept. 15, 2021: Final deadline to file corporate tax returns for tax year 2020, if an extension was requested (Forms 1120, 1120-A, 1120-S)

• Oct. 12, 2021: Deadline for employees who earned more than $20 in tip income in September 2021 to report this income to their employers

• Oct. 15, 2021: Final extended deadline to file individual tax returns for the year 2020 (Form 1040)

• Oct. 15, 2021: Deadline for taxpayers who earned $69,000 or less in adjusted gross income (AGI) for tax year 2020 to use Free File to prepare and file their returns

• Nov. 10, 2021: Deadline for employees who earned more than $20 in tip income in October 2021 to report this income to their employers

• Dec. 10, 2021: Deadline for employees who earned more than $20 in tip income in November 2021 to report this income to their employers

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