| April 10 |
Individuals – Report March tip income of $20 or more to employers (Form 4070). |
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| April 15 |
Individuals – Pay the first installment of 2026 estimated taxes (Form 1040-ES) if not paying income tax through withholding or not paying sufficient income tax through withholding. |
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| April 15 |
Individuals – File a 2025 income tax return (Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR) or file for an automatic six-month extension (Form 4868). (Taxpayers who live outside the United States and Puerto Rico or serve in the military outside these two locations are allowed an automatic two-month extension without requesting an extension.) Pay any tax due. |
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| April 15 |
Individuals – Make 2025 contributions to a traditional IRA or Roth IRA (even if a 2025 income tax return extension is filed). |
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| April 15 |
Individuals – Make 2025 contributions to a SEP or certain other retirement plans (unless a 2025 income tax return extension is filed). |
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| April 15 |
Individuals – File a 2025 gift tax return (Form 709) or file for an automatic six-month extension (Form 8892). Pay any gift tax due. File for an automatic six-month extension (Form 4868) to extend both Form 1040 and Form 709 if no gift tax is due. |
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| April 15 |
Household employers – File Schedule H, if wages paid equal $2,800 or more in 2025 and Form 1040 isn’t required to be filed. For those filing Form 1040, Schedule H is to be submitted with the return so is extended if the return is extended. |
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| April 15 |
Calendar-year trusts and estates – File a 2025 income tax return (Form 1041) or file for an automatic five-and-a-half-month extension (Form 7004) (six-month extension for bankruptcy estates). Pay any income tax due. |
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| April 15 |
Calendar-year corporations – File a 2025 income tax return (Form 1120) or file for an automatic six-month extension (Form 7004). Pay any tax due. |
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| April 15 |
Calendar-year corporations – Pay the first installment of 2026 estimated income taxes, completing Form 1120-W for the corporation’s records. |
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| April 15 |
Employers – Deposit Social Security, Medicare and withheld income taxes for March if the monthly deposit rule applies. |
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| April 15 |
Employers – Deposit nonpayroll withheld income tax for March if the monthly deposit rule applies. |