Important Tax Dates

Tax Day 2011: Tax Deadlines for Tax Year 2010

Tax Day Date Type of Income Tax Return Filing Deadline
April 18*, 2011 Due Date for Federal Income Tax Returns (and Tax Extension requests) – Tax Day  for Tax Year 2010 – Filing Deadline
April 15, 2011 Due Date for State Income Tax Returns – Tax Day for Tax Year 2010 – Filing Deadline
April 15, 2011 Due Date for Tax Extensions for Federal Income Tax Returns for Tax Year 2010
From April 1, 2011 until April 15, 2011 you can prepare and efile a Federal Tax Extension on efile.com. Tax Return or Tax Extension?
Find State Tax Return Extension Due Dates here
October 17**, 2011 Last day to efile a 2010 Income Tax Return for tax extension and late tax efilers –Important notice
October 20, 2011 Last day to prepare and/or print a 2010 Tax Year Income Tax Return on efile.com — no electronic submissions to IRS after October 20, 2011.

*The traditional tax return filing deadline is April 15 of each year, but the IRS has approved April 18, 2011 as the tax filing deadline for 2010 Tax Returns and extension requests in observation of Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia.

**The traditional tax return extension filing deadline is October 15 of each year, but the IRS has approved October 17, 2011 as the tax filing deadline for 2010 Tax Returns with extensions because October 15 falls on a Saturday in 2011.