Tax Day is NOT HAPPENING on April 15!

Want to know what happened to the April 15 tax filing deadline in 2022?

April 15 is traditionally tax deadline day for the Internal Revenue Service. However, that will not be the case in 2022 due to a federal holiday in the nation’s capital.

April 16 is Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C. The holiday commemorated 1862 when President Abraham Lincoln signed the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, freeing 3,000 slaves in the D.C. area. It has been in the nation’s capital since 2005.

Because the April 16 holiday this year falls on a Saturday, it will officially drop on the closest weekday – Friday, April 15 – closing city and federal offices in D.C. That means the tax day deadline is getting pushed back to Monday, April 18, for everyone except residents of Maine and Massachusetts. Residents in those states must file by April 19 since April 18 is Patriots’ Day.

April 18 will also be the deadline to request an automatic extension for an extra six months to file a return through the payment of taxes remains the same.

Other deadlines

Employers have until January 31 to send W-2 earnings forms.

The IRS has not announced the day it will begin accepting 2021 returns. Last year, the IRS started taking tax returns on February 12, roughly two weeks later than the year before, a change the tax agency said was necessary due to the processing of stimulus payments.

Generally, about 90% of filers receive their refunds within 21 days when they file electronically, and there are no issues with the return, the IRS said.