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IRS Announces 2016 Tax Filing Season Start Date

Written by Scott Cytron
Modified Oct 17, 2017
1 min read

The IRS will begin accepting individual electronic returns on Jan. 19, 2016, a day earlier than last year’s start date. The IRS will begin processing paper tax returns at the same time.

The announcement come on the heels of the tax extenders‘ legislation signed into law last week, which permanently or temporarily extended all of those popular tax breaks, making it possible for all taxpayers to start filing on time.

The filing deadline to submit 2015 tax returns has been pushed to Monday, April 18, 2016, rather than the traditional April 15 date. Washington, D.C. will celebrate Emancipation Day on that Friday, which pushes the deadline to the following Monday for most of the nation (due to Patriots Day, the deadline will be Tuesday, April 19, in Maine and Massachusetts).

Scott H. Cytron, ABC, is editor of the Intuit® Tax Pro Center. He brings more than 35 years' experience in accounting and financial services to the profession. An accredited consultant, Scott works with companies, organizations and individuals in professional services (medical, legal, accounting, engineering), high-tech and B2B/B2C product/service sales. Follow Scott on Twitter @scytron. More from Scott Cytron

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