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Individual Income Tax Filing Due Dates
- Typically, most people must file their tax return by May 1.
- Fiscal year filers: Returns are due the 15th day of the 4th month after the close of your fiscal year.
If the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, you have until the next business day to file with no penalty.
Filing ExtensionsCan't file by the deadline? Virginia allows an automatic 6-month extension to file your return (Nov. 1 for most filers). No application is required. You still need to pay any taxes owed on time to avoid additional penalties and interest. Make an extension payment.
- Missed the deadline? See your options.
- Need to pay estimated taxes? Find deadlines at Individual Estimated Tax Payments.
Special Filing Deadlines
- Members of the Military
- Individuals Living Abroad or Traveling Outside the United States
- Foreign Income Exclusion
Members of the Military
If you’re stationed outside the United States or Puerto Rico on May 1, you have until July 1 to file your return and pay any taxes you owe.
Enclose a statement explaining that you were out of the country, and write Overseas Rule on the top of your return and on the envelope.
Combat Zone
If you’re serving in a combat zone, you receive the same filing
and payment extensions allowed by the IRS, plus an additional 15 days, or a 1-year extension from the original due date.
If you claim this extension, write Combat Zone on the top of your return and on the envelope. For more information, see Tax Bulletin 05-5.
Extensions also apply to the spouses of military members who are serving in combat zones.
Military Deployment Outside the United States – Combat or Noncombat
If you’re deployed to military service outside the U.S., you’re allowed a 90-day filing extension following the completion of deployment.
If you’re using this extension, write Overseas Noncombat on the top of your return and the envelope.
Note: If you’re deployed in combat service, you can use whichever extension is more beneficial for you (Combat or Noncombat).
Individuals Living Abroad or Traveling Outside the United States
If you’re living or traveling outside the U.S. or Puerto Rico on May 1, you have until July 1 to file your return. You must still pay any tax you expect to owe by the May 1 due date.
Enclose a statement explaining that you were out of the country, and write Overseas Rule on the top of your return and on the envelope.
Foreign Income Exclusion
If you qualify for the federal foreign income exclusion and have requested an extension to file your federal return, you can apply for an extension to file your state return.
Send a letter requesting an extension before the 1st day of the 7th month following the close of your taxable year. We will give you an extension of 30 days after the date you expect to qualify for the federal exclusion. When you file, enclose a copy of the approved federal extension with your return.
After a hectic 2020 filing season, the 2021 season appears to be returning to the norm: The deadline to file 2021 federal taxes for most people is Monday, April 18, the IRS announced Monday, as April 15, Emancipation Day, is a holiday in Washington, D.C.
Maine and Massachusetts residents have until April 19 to file their federal returns, as April 18 is Patriot's Day in those two states. The deadline for filers requesting an extension is Oct. 17, 2022.
Additionally, filers have just under two weeks until they can start submitting their 2021 federal tax returns: The tax filing season begins Jan. 24.
That's a return to the norm after the filing season was delayed a few weeks last year so the IRS could make preparations for Covid-19 relief programs, and the deadline was moved to May 17.
Though much of the federal Covid-19 relief for individuals has already been distributed, much of it can still affect 2021 tax returns, including the third stimulus check, unemployment insurance changes, the federal student loan pause and the enhanced child tax credit.
The agency is also sending letters to filers with information on their stimulus and child tax credit payments for 2021. These letters should help tax payers determine if they received the correct amount of money and reconcile any mistakes.
For the speediest refund, the IRS encourages filers to submit their returns electronically and choose direct deposit. It expects most taxpayers receiving a refund should get it within 21 days of when they file electronically, assuming there are no issues with the return.
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