When a legal state holiday falls on a due date for a state where a tax office is located, the due date for returns in that state is pushed to the next business day resulting in a tax filing deadline of Tuesday, April 19th, 2016. Patriots’ Day is observed on the third Monday of April, which you guessed it, falls on Monday, April 18th of 2016. There is a further extension for individual taxpayers in Maine and Massachusetts due to their states’ observance of state public holiday, Patriots’ Day.
Maine and Massachusetts: Why are they different? holidays are considered federal holidays, thus pushing the deadline to file your income taxes in 2016 to Monday, April 18th, 2016 for the majority of taxpayers. When this happens, most holidays are pushed forward to the next business day, however for Emancipation Day, observance is moved to the nearest weekday, which in 2016 means Friday, April 15th.Įmancipation Day was made an official public holiday of the District of Columbia in 2005. Next year, April 15th happens to fall on a Friday, yet the tax filing deadline has been moved to Monday, April 18th, 2016 and if you are a Maine or Massachusetts resident, the tax filing deadline is actually Tuesday, April 19th, 2016.Įmancipation Day is held on April 16th, but similar to our traditional tax deadline, if the date falls on a Saturday or Sunday the holiday gets moved. Traditionally the deadline date for filing your income tax return with the IRS is April 15th, unless that date falls on a Saturday or Sunday.
The 2015 tax season is over & summer has passed, which means it’s time to start thinking about the 2016 tax season and what the tax filing deadline is. What is the tax filing deadline for 2016?
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