Taxpayers have until April 17 to file and pay IRS

Published on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:27 AM MST

Taxpayers across the nation have until Tuesday, April 17, to file their 2006 returns and pay any taxes due, according to the Internal Revenue Service.

Taxpayers have extra time to file and pay because April 15 falls on a Sunday in 2007, and the following day, Monday, April 16, is Emancipation Day, a legal holiday in the District of Columbia.

“This year, taxpayers have additional time to file and pay beyond the traditional April 15 deadline,” IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson said. “As we always do, we encourage taxpayers to get an early start on their taxes to make sure they have plenty of time to accurately prepare their return.”

This means the entire country has an April 17 deadline. Previously, the April 17 deadline applied just to individuals in the District of Columbia and the six eastern states that are served by an IRS processing facility in Mas-sachusetts, where Patriots Day will be observed April 16.

The April 17, 2007, deadline will apply to any of the following:

2006 federal individual income tax returns, whether filed electronically or on paper.

Requests for an automatic six-month tax-filing extension, whether submitted electronically or on Form 4868.

Tax year 2006 balance due payments, whether made electronically (direct debit or credit card) or by check.

Tax-year 2006 contributions to a Roth or traditional IRA.

Individual estimated tax payments for the first quarter of 2007, whether made electronically or by check.

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