The federal government may be shut down, but your tax obligations remain. While April 15 was the official deadline for filing a 2024 tax return and paying the bulk of one’s estimated bill, Americans can receive an automatic six-month extension — which pushes the filing due date to Oct. 15 for millions of taxpayers. That deadline is hitting as the Internal Revenue Service is without nearly half of its workforce. But fear not — there’s a mechanism to take your money and filing. Because filing is so automa ...

Despite the continuing government shutdown, taxpayers who requested an extension earlier this year from the IRS to file their return still have to meet the cutoff date. Taxpayers who needed more time to file their 2024 tax return earlier this year were able to request an extension from the IRS before the April 15 filing deadline that gave them until October 15 to get their return filed. While extensions give taxpayers extra time to file, they don't get extra time to pay what they owe and are required to ...