Extension

If you don’t have everything ready to complete your 2025 federal individual income tax return by the April 15 deadline, you can request an automatic extension. Filing Form 4868, “Application for Automatic Extension of Time To File U.S. Individual Income Tax Return,” by April 15 can give you breathing room to file accurately and protect you from the failure-to-file penalty (assuming you file by the extended October 15 deadline). However, an extension applies only to filing —

Did you know USPS has updated their postmark process? The USPS changed its postmark system effective Dec. 24, 2025, now defining the postmark as the date of the first automated processing, which may differ from the drop-off date. This impacts tax filings because documents must bear a postmark on or before the due date to be considered timely under IRC Sec 7502. To ensure compliance, taxpayers should request a manual postmark at a USPS retail counter or use Registered/Certified Mail for proof of

The IRS announced it will start the 2025 filing season for individual income tax returns on January 27. That’s when the agency began accepting and processing 2024 tax year returns. Even if you typically don’t file until much closer to the mid-April deadline (or you file for an extension), you may want to file earlier this year. The reason is you can potentially protect yourself from tax identity theft. Here are some answers to questions taxpayers may have about filing. How can your