When Is Tax Day?
Tax Day 2027 is on Thursday, April 15 — in 161 days. Date rule: April 15, or the next business day after a weekend or DC holiday.
Updated · By the YearlyCalendar.org team
Tax Day is the deadline for filing federal individual income tax returns and paying any tax owed for the previous year. Tax Day 2027 is the due date for 2026 returns.
April 2027 calendar
Tax Day is marked on Thursday, April 15, 2027, along with the other US federal holidays and observances of the month.
- Federal holiday / day off
- Observance
- Weekend
April 2027 – Tax Day 2027
| Wk | SundaySun | MondayMon | TuesdayTue | WednesdayWed | ThursdayThu | FridayFri | SaturdaySat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 14 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 15 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15Tax Day | 16 | 17 |
| 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22Earth DayPassover (first day) | 23 | 24 |
| 17 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
Tax Day dates 2020–2040
Between 2020 and 2040, Tax Day falls as early as April 15 (2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2036, 2037, 2038) and as late as July 15 (2020).
How the deadline is set
Returns for calendar-year taxpayers are due on April 15. When April 15 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day. Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C. (April 16, observed on the nearest weekday) counts as such a holiday, so a weekend can push the deadline to April 17 or 18 — as on April 18, 2022 and April 18, 2023, and next on April 18, 2028 and April 17, 2029.
Residents of Maine and Massachusetts get extra time when the deadline falls on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April: they had until April 17, 2019, April 19, 2022 and April 17, 2024, and will next have until April 17, 2030.
History and postponements
After the 16th Amendment was ratified in 1913, the first income tax returns were due on March 1, 1914. The Revenue Act of 1918 moved the deadline to March 15, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 moved it to April 15, starting in 1955.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic the IRS postponed the 2020 filing and payment deadline to July 15, 2020, and the 2021 deadline for individuals to May 17, 2021 (estimated tax payments were still due April 15, 2021). The IRS also postpones deadlines for taxpayers in federally declared disaster areas — for example, to October 15, 2025, for Los Angeles County after the January 2025 wildfires.
Sources
- IRS Notice 2011-17 – Emancipation Day and the filing deadline
- IRS – Form 1040 MeF due dates (Patriots' Day)
- IRS – Tax Day now July 15 (IR-2020-58)
- IRS – Tax Day for individuals extended to May 17 (IR-2021-59)
- IRS – California wildfire victims: deadlines postponed to October 15 (IR-2025-10)
- IRS Topic 304 – Extensions of time to file your tax return
- Tax Foundation – April 15: a brief history
Frequently asked questions
When is Tax Day 2028?
Tax Day 2028 is on Tuesday, April 18, 2028.
When is the tax extension deadline?
Form 4868, filed by Tax Day, gives an automatic six-month extension to file: to October 15, or the next business day when that is a weekend. For 2026 returns the extended deadline is Friday, October 15, 2027.
Does a tax extension give more time to pay?
No. Form 4868 extends only the time to file. Tax owed is due by the April deadline, and interest and penalties apply to late payments.
Is Tax Day a holiday?
No. It is a filing deadline, not a day off; government offices, banks and post offices are open.