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- Fewer Americans filed federal taxes by March 21, while more sought extensions before the April 15 deadline.
- Concerns about potential revenue declines prompted scrutiny of tax collection this year.
- The IRS received nearly one million fewer returns, a 1.1% decrease from the prior year.
- Internal IRS data showed roughly 200,000 more taxpayers requested extensions this year.
- The cause remains unclear, though factors like IRS challenges and taxpayer behavior play a role.
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Time to file an income tax extension
April is here and there still is a small amount of time to complete your tax returns. Many of you may have procrastinated until the very end and need to get something filed by the Tuesday, April 15, 2025 tax filing deadline. Whether you are missing certain documents, had some medical challenges or other issues that prevented you from completing the return, you must take certain steps by the deadline this year of April 15 to avoid additional int…
IRS Sends Last-Minute Tax Reminder to Millions of Americans in Disaster Areas
The IRS said Friday in a last-minute reminder that people and businesses who are covered under 2024 disaster declarations do not have to submit their taxes by April 15. Some individuals’ and businesses’ taxes are due by May 1, and people in three states have deadlines in the fall to submit their taxes, the IRS said in a press release, coming just over a week before Tax Day. The May 1 deadline applies to taxpayers impacted by disaster declaration…
Tax return filings drop by nearly 1 million and extension requests rise as deadline nears
As the April 15 tax filing deadline fast approaches, fewer Americans have filed their federal taxes, and more have requested extensions, at this point in the filing season compared to last year, according to the latest public data and private Internal Revenue Service numbers obtained by CNN.
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