Key Dates

April 10

  • Employees who work for tips – If you received more than $20 in tips during March, report them to your employer.

April 15

  • Individuals – File a 2024 Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR and pay any tax due. If you want an automatic 6-month extension of time to file the return, file Form 4868 and pay what you estimate you owe in tax to avoid penalties and interest.
  • Household employers – if you paid cash wages of $2,700 or more in 2024 to a household employee, you must file Schedule H (Form 1040), Household Employment Taxes.
  • Corporations – File a 2024 calendar year income tax return (Form 1120) and pay any tax due. Deposit the first installment of estimated income tax for 2025.
  • Social Security, Medicare and withheld income tax – if the monthly deposit rule applies, deposit the tax for payments made in March.
  • Nonpayroll withholding – If the monthly deposit rule applies, deposit the tax for payments made in March.

April 30

  • Social security, Medicare and withheld income tax – File Form 941 for the first quarter of 2025. Deposit or pay any undeposited tax under the accuracy of deposits rule.
  • Federal unemployment (FUTA) tax – Deposit the tax owed through March if more than $500.

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