GENERAL TAX CALENDAR 2026
GENERAL TAX CALENDAR
- January 15
- Final installment of 2025 estimated tax due
- February 2
- File 2025 income tax return and pay tax to avoid a penalty if you didn’t pay enough estimated tax
- February 17
- File new Form W-4 to continue exemption from withholding
- Employers furnish Forms 1099-B, 1099-S to recipients
- March 2
- File Forms 1099 (paper) with recipients
- March 16
- Deadline for Partnerships and S corporations to file 6 month automatic extension of time to file
- Partnerships file 2025 Form 1065
- S corporations file 2025 Form 1120-S
- Provide Schedule K-1 to partners/shareholders
- March 31
- File electronic Forms 1097, 1098, 1099 (except 1099-NEC), and W-2G
- April 15
- Individuals file 2025 Form 1040 / 1040-SR
- Pay tax due for 2025
- First installment of 2026 estimated tax
- Corporations file 2025 Form 1120
- June 15
- U.S. citizens/residents abroad file 2025 Form 1040/1040-SR and pay tax due
- Second installment of 2026 estimated tax
- September 15
- Third installment of 2026 estimated tax
- Extended due date for 2025 Partnerships and S corporations
- October 15
- Extended due date for 2025 individual returns
- Extended due date for 2025 C corporation returns
EMPLOYER’S TAX CALENDAR
- January 31
- Furnish Forms W-2 to employees
- File Forms W-2 and W-3 with the Social Security Administration
- Furnish Forms 1099-NEC to recipients
- File Form 941 for Q4 2025 (if you deposited all taxes for the quarter on time, you have until February 10 to file the return)
- February 10
- File Form 941 for Q4 2025 if taxes were deposited on time
- April 30
- File Form 941 for Q1 2026
- July 31
- File Form 941 for Q2 2026
- October 31
- File Form 941 for Q3 2026
- January 31, 2027
- File Form 941 for Q4 2026
EXCISE TAX CALENDAR
- January 14
- Deposit excise taxes for second half of December 2025
- January 31
- File Form 720 for Q4 2025
- April 30
- File Form 720 for Q1 2026
- July 31
- File Form 720 for Q2 2026
- October 31
- File Form 720 for Q3 2026
ESTIMATED TAX PAYMENT SCHEDULE
- January 15
- Final 2025 estimated tax payment
- April 15
- First 2026 estimated tax payment
- June 15
- Second 2026 estimated tax payment
- September 15
- Third 2026 estimated tax payment
- December 15
- Fourth 2026 estimated tax payment (corporations)
HELPFUL LINKS
- IRS Publication 509 Tax Calendars for use in 2026
- Key tax deadlines for individuals, partnerships, corporations, and employers
for 2026.
para 2026.
- Key tax deadlines for individuals, partnerships, corporations, and employers
for 2026.
- Alivio fiscal en situaciones de desastre
- Encuentre información sobre las provisiones de alivio fiscal más recientes para los contribuyentes afectados por situaciones de desastre.
- Sala de prensa del IRS
- Información actualizada para profesionales de impuestos del Servicio de Impuestos Internos.
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