TAX DATES

Important Tax Deadlines and Dates for 2025

Individual Filers - including employees, retirees, self-employed individuals, independent contractors, and gig workers

• January 15, 2025 - 4th Quarter 2024 estimated tax payment due. 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.

• January 27, 2025 - Tax season begins. This marks when the IRS will begin accepting and processing federal tax returns for the 2024 tax year.

• January 31, 2025 - Due date for employers to send W-2 forms. To ensure you’re able to complete your tax return on time, the IRS requires all employers to send you a W-2 no later than January 31 following the close of the tax year. Generally, this means W-2s get sent by January 31, but you won’t necessarily receive your form by this date.

• January 31, 2025 - Certain 1099 forms are sent. 

• April 15, 2025 - Tax Day. The tax deadline typically falls on April 15 each year, but it can be delayed if it falls on a weekend or holiday. Missing the tax deadline can have consequences like penalties and interest.

• April 15, 2025 - Deadline to File Form 4868 and request an extension. The Tax Day deadline is also the last day to file Form 4868 to request an extension to file your individual income tax return. If you won’t be ready to file your tax return by Tax Day, make sure you complete an extension request, which grants you the ability to delay filing a completed return until October 15, 2025. But remember, even if you choose to file an extension, you are still required to pay any taxes you may owe by the April deadline.

• April 15, 2025 - Deadline to make IRA and HSA contributions for 2024 tax year. For individual income tax return filers, this also marks the final day to make contributions to your IRA or HSA for the 2024 tax year.

• April 15, 2025 - First quarter 2025 estimated tax payment due. 

• June 16, 2025 - Second quarter 2025 estimated tax payment due. 

• September 15, 2025 - Third quarter 2025 estimated tax payment due.

• October 15, 2025 - Deadline to file your extended 2024 tax return. If you chose to file an extension request on your tax return, this is the due date for filing your tax return.

• January 15, 2026 - Fourth quarter 2025 estimated tax payment due. TurboTax Tip:

 

 

Businesses - Partnerships (including LLCs), C Corps (Form 1120), and S Corps (Form 1120S)

• January 31, 2025 - Employers send W-2s forms to employees

• January 31, 2025 - Send certain 1099 forms

• March 17, 2025 - Tax returns are due for some business types (partnerships and S corporations). Businesses taxed as partnerships (including multi-member LLCs) and S corporations need to file Form 1065 or Form 1120-S, respectively, by March 17, 2025, if they are a calendar year business. 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.

• April 15, 2025 - Taxes for C corporations are due. If your business uses a fiscal year, you need to file your tax return by the 15th day of the fourth month following the close of your tax year.

• September 15, 2025 - Deadline for extended partnership and S corporation returns

• October 15, 2025 - Deadline for extended C corporation returns

 

Note: The above doesn't cover every tax deadline, merely the most important ones broadly relevant to these groups of taxpayers. For a comprehensive view of all the important tax deadlines applicable to each taxpayer, please visit IRS Publication 509.