Most years, the federal and states deadline for taxpayers to file their prior year’s income tax return is April 15th. However, for the 2017 Tax Year, the deadline for taxpayers will be Tuesday, April 17, 2018. When April 15th falls on a Saturday or Sunday (which it does in 2018), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) generally moves the deadline to the following Monday. However, in 2018, the District of Columbia celebrates “Emancipation Day” on Monday, April 16, 2018. Federal tax law states that legal holidays in the District of Columbia alter the filing deadline for all taxpayers throughout the country.
Thus, this year, Tax Day is adjusted; all taxpayers throughout the United States will have an extra two days — until Tuesday, April 17, 2018 — to submit their 2017 tax returns.
Longman & Van Grack’s Tax Attorneys regularly represent all types of clients in different tax issues, tax matteres, and IRS disputes. Specifically, Robb Longman is the former Chair of the Maryland State Bar Association’s Tax Committee and regularly assists many clients through countless tax matters against the IRS and other state taxing agencies as well. If you have any tax questions or would like to contact the tax attorneys at Longman & Van Grack, you can reach them at (301) 291-5027.