Procrastinators Cheer: IRS Pushes Off Tax Deadline To May 17 – By Ed Morrissey (Hot Air) / Mar 17 2021
For the second year in a row, April 15 will not be the nation’s most dreaded day. Thanks to the ongoing issues in the COVID-19 pandemic, mainly the work needed to get two rounds of stimulus checks out ASAP, the IRS has agreed with congressional Democrats to push the tax filing deadline off another month. Taxpayers will have until May 15, but the IRS warns people not to push it off that long:
The Internal Revenue Service is planning to push back the deadline for the tax filing season about one month to May 15 from April 15, CNBC’s Ylan Mui confirmed.
This will give taxpayers additional time to file their 2020 tax returns and pay any amounts owed to the IRS.
The move from the IRS and Treasury Department comes after calls to extend the tax season increased following the passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which meant the agency was tasked with sending another round of stimulus payments while processing tax returns and refunds.
Later, the deadline date was clarified to May 17, as May 15 lands on a Saturday. This change does not impact an extension already made in disaster areas relating to the winter storm last month. The IRS had already extended deadlines in Texas and other places to June 15, which will remain in place for those impacted by the weather disaster.
