Emancipation Day Extends Tax Day 2011
Tax Day 2011 Extension
Emancipation Day Extends Tax Day 2011
Normally, all former years' taxes are to be postmarked no later than midnight on April 15th of the following year of any given year. Meaning, that your taxes due for 2010 must be paid and filed by April 15th 2011, correct? Well, normally, yes; but not this year. The only time that this ordinarily fluctuates is if and when April 15th falls on a weekend. April 15, 2011 will be on a Friday - so what gives? For the millions of American, like me, who wait until the last potential slight (my mantra - procrastinate later) this is welcome, but puzzling news. While we procrastinators and last slight filers rarely guess long sufficient to ask why, it is foremost to know the spoton date, and to realize how it may or may not have an effect on other dates relevant to Tax Day 2011 such as automated postponement dates.
Extension to Pay Not an Option
It is imperative to state and remind that although the Irs grants "automatic" extensions allowing taxpayers to file their final forms sixty days later, the postponement and any estimated owed taxes are still due on tax day, which for 2011 means that your forms and payment (normally done on a Form 1040 V) must be postmarked at or before midnight, Monday April 18, 2011. Tax Day 2011 Extended Due to Emancipation Day Recognition What holiday? So by now, most of us Americans are racking our brains and scratching our heads trying to outline out what holiday in April is nationally celebrated. Tax Day 2011 has been extended due to remembrance, recognition and celebration of Emancipation Day, a Washington D.C. Holiday, not a nationally recognized holiday.
Emancipation Day had been recognized previously by (Washington D.C.) mayoral proclamation and now by being officially designated as an officially recognized social holiday of the District of Columbia. The holiday commemorates the "first freed" by the U.S. Federal government when President Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipated Act nine months prior to his issuance of the infamous Emancipation Proclamation.
As a effect of the social holiday in Washington D.C. The department of Treasury, the governing body overseeing the Internal wage Service, has extended Tax Day 2011 until Monday, April 18, 2011. Just Calendar Markings Required Emancipation Day does not equate to Tax Amnesty Day. Just because Tax Day 2011 is not April 18th versus the 15th does not automatically adjust other dates by 3 days. Keep these dates in mind:
Overseas exception Due Date: June 15, 2011, the 15th falls on a ordinarily scheduled company day and hence the deadline will not be extended without approval.
Automatic Approval Extensions Due Date: June 15, 2011 (remember - estimated payments must still be sent in via Irs Form 1040V with the request for extension; it is good to over appraisal as you may still be held liable for penalties for underpayment.)
Approved Filing 1040 Extensions Due Date: October 15, 2011
The postponement of Tax Day 2011 will give some the primary supplementary weekend and time to get ready and file the required forms and payments, but hopefully it will allow all to reflect on the guess - Emancipation Day, commemorating the freeing of those held in servitude in the federal capitol.
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