Dum-De-Dum-Dum....tax filing day is near! 
Are You Ready To File Your Tax Return or extension?
The IRS website offers the information you need for
Filing Your Taxes
Topic 301 - When, How, and Where to File
When to file
Generally, April 15 of each year is the due date for filing your federal individual income tax return if you are a calendar year filer whose tax year ends on December 31. If you use a fiscal year (which is a year ending on the last day of any month other than December), your return is due on or before the 15th day of the fourth month after the close of your fiscal year. If the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the due date is delayed until the next business day (for example, Friday, April 15, 2016, is Emancipation Day, so tax year 2015 returns are due Monday, April 18, 2016. Taxpayers in Maine and Massachusetts observe Patriots' Day on April 18, 2016, so they will have until Tuesday, April 19, 2016 to file). Your return is considered filed timely if the envelope is properly addressed and postmarked by the due date.
If you served or are serving in a combat zone or a contingency operation, or become hospitalized resulting from an injury received while serving in such an area or operation, after the end of your tax year but before the normal filing due date of your return, you may have additional time to file and pay taxes. You have at least 180 days after you leave the designated combat zone/contingency operation to file and pay taxes. See Publication 3, Armed Forces' Tax Guide. If the Service determines you to be affected by a presidentially declared disaster or a terroristic or military action, you may have up to one year after the due date of your return to file and pay taxes, depending on the deadline specified by the Service. If you are living and working outside the United States and Puerto Rico, please refer to the instructions in Form 4868 (PDF), Application for Automatic Extension of Time to File U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, and to Topic 304.
Extensions to file - If you cannot file by the due date of your return, then you can request an extension of time to file. To receive an automatic 6-month extension of time to file your return, you can file Form 4868 by the due date of your return. See Topic 304 for more information. However, an extension of time to file is not an extension of time to pay. You will owe interest on any past-due tax and you may be subject to a late-payment penalty if the payment of tax is not made by the original due date of your return.
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My daughter is my CPA. She keeps me in line and provides the latest tax update news. 2015 was a great year! Unfortunately, I didn't pay enough quarterly pymts😱 Are you good at keeping funds deposited with each commission check received for taxes??
It always seems that no matter how much you pay during the year...the IRS always finds a way to get more out of you at the end Susan Hale
Lisa I am all done with taxes for another year. Sent in my check yesterday (:
This is a very good reminder. Thankfully, our returns have been filed.
Hi Lisa. Tax Confiscation Day is delayed for us until 4/19 this year.
I am ready Lisa, Uncle Sam will not wait.
Lisa I read some interesting information that this year more people filed earlier than usual, Endre
Don't you hate having to sign that check George Souto
And you are done for another year Roy Kelley
I usually file earlier. Will be sending tomorrow.
Hey Conrad Allen how come you get until the 19th when the rest of us only get until the 18th?!!
No, Noah Seidenberg the IRS waits for no one!
That is interesting Endre Barath, Jr. and in a year that they had extra days to file, too!
Good for you Rebecca Gaujot, the Go To Realtor® ...I am waiting for my CPA to finish
Lisa
The day of days will be here on Monday . . . .
Good luck and success.
Lou Ludwig
Good morning Lisa. Got ours done a few days ago, all of them, never a fun time, but I guess it is a good problem to have.
Ours were filed awhile ago and the refund money has already been spent.
Payments and estimates were mailed on Monday, April 11, 2016. They had to be paid … so why wait. It’s done-de-de-done-done.
A few days left for those that are down to the wire. Thankfully ours were sent earlier this week.
Good morning Lisa Von Domek . Yes, there are those who wait for the last-minute, mine have long been gone.
This year does buy a couple extra days...done done done...and on to the next year !
Lisa Von Domek All done...sent in last week.