IRS Pushes Tax Date to July 15, Same as Payment Deadline (2)

Tax forms and payments won’t be due to the Internal Revenue Service until July 15 this year, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a tweet, as the government looks for ways to respond to the coronavirus.

“We are moving Tax Day from April 15 to July 15,” Mnuchin said. “All taxpayers and businesses will have this additional time to file and make payments without interest or penalties.”

The announcement and IRS guidance follows an earlier decision to delay the payment deadline, but not the filing deadline, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Tax professionals and lawmakers from both parties have ...