October 15th marks the IRS tax deadline for E-filing tax returns. The trend for E-filing tax returns has swept the US due to the convenience of not having to file paperwork and receiving your tax refund faster. You will still be able to mail in your 2009 tax return after this October 15th E-File deadline; however, your return will be considered late. All returns must be signed and mailed after this date.
The tax extension deadline means that any individual taxpayer who has filed an extension for the tax year 2009 must have their returns completed and postmarked on its way to the IRS by 11:59PM on October 15, 2010 in order to avoid penalties. If you owe for the tax year 2009 and you miss this deadline, penalties will be added to the amount that you owe, and interest will continue to accrue. If you do not have the transcripts or documents needed from your employers or past years, it would be wise to Retrieve Missing Forms right away and get the ball rolling on your taxes before the tax extension deadline.
A deadline of October 15th means that the beginning of October has been filled with taxpayers attempting to have their returns completed and filed with the IRS before the tax extension deadline. It would be in your best interest to file as soon as possible so that you do not miss this deadline.
I did my 2009 taxes on your site, Will they be efiled by you with the government or do you send them to me to be mailed by me.
Hi Asa,
You will have to mail them in yourself. The e-file deadline for taxes is generally October 15 of the following year, so you would have had to file your 2009 taxes by October 15, 2010 in order to e-file.
I am expecting to recieve money back from the tax year 2009 (both State and Federal as well as the 2009 Stimulus) which I have yet to file for or receive. If I am inelligable for an extension, will the return be penalized do to the tardiness of the filing if I were to mail the forms in today?
Hi Jon,
The IRS does impose both failure to file and failure to pay penalties on late filers. The good news for you, however, is that those penalties do not apply for those receiving a refund. You only have to pay them if you owe the IRS money. So as long as your calculation that you’ll get money back is correct, you can file without having to worry about getting slammed with any IRS penalties.
I have not submitted my 2009 tax return as of April 25, 2013 because of acute and chronic medical problems. I am due a significant refund, I am not sure whether or not an initial extension was filed. Additionally,if this matters, my 2010 & 2011 taxes haven’t been filed either. I was told last year that the final deadline to file and recieve refunds on “09” taxes was October 15, 2013, I believe this information came from turbo tax.
Either way I am writing to confirm October 15, 2013 as the deadline for filing and receiving refunds on “09” taxes, either on extension or not.
Thankyou,
Michele
Hi Michele,
That is not correct. The last chance to get a 2009 refund was on April 15th, regardless of whether you filed an extension. Here’s some evidence from the IRS if you don’t believe me: http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Has-$917-Million-for-People-Who-Have-Not-Filed-a-2009-Income-Tax-Return.
You can still get a refund for your 2010 and 2011 taxes and you can file them right here on PriorTax: https://www.priortax.com/tax2010/