Extended 2025 individual tax returns due
Last day to file Form 1040 if you filed an extension in April. Calendar-year C corporations on extension also file Form 1120 today.
Extended 2025 individual tax returns due
Last day to file Form 1040 if you filed an extension in April. Calendar-year C corporations on extension also file Form 1120 today.
Third-quarter payroll tax return (Form 941)
Quarterly payroll return for July through September. (October 31 falls on a weekend.)
Extended 2025 Virginia individual returns due
Virginia automatic extension deadline for Form 760. (November 1 falls on a Sunday.)
Fourth-quarter 2026 estimated tax payment
Federal and Virginia estimated tax for September through December income.
W-2s and 1099-NEC to workers and the IRS
Give W-2s to employees and 1099-NECs to contractors, and file them with the government. Also Form 941 (fourth quarter), Form 940, and Virginia Form VA-6. (January 31 falls on a Sunday.)
Business license (BPOL) renewals in many Virginia localities
Many Virginia cities and counties, including Lynchburg, require business license renewals by March 1. Check with your local Commissioner of the Revenue.
S corporation and partnership returns due
Form 1120-S and Form 1065 (or an extension) for calendar-year businesses. Also the deadline for an LLC or corporation to elect S corp status for 2027 on Form 2553.
Individual and C corporation returns due
Form 1040 and Form 1120 (or an extension). First-quarter 2027 estimated tax is also due, and the last day for 2026 IRA and HSA contributions.
First-quarter payroll tax return (Form 941)
Quarterly payroll return for January through March.
Virginia individual returns and first estimated payment
Virginia Form 760 and the first 2027 Virginia estimated payment. (May 1 falls on a Saturday.)
Second-quarter estimated tax payment
Federal and Virginia estimated tax for April and May income.
Second-quarter payroll tax return (Form 941)
Quarterly payroll return for April through June. (July 31 falls on a Saturday.)
Third-quarter estimated tax and extended business returns
Third-quarter estimated tax payment. Extended S corporation and partnership returns are also due.
Extended individual and C corporation returns due
Last day for 2026 Form 1040 and Form 1120 filed on extension.
Virginia extended returns and third-quarter Form 941
Extended 2026 Virginia individual returns and the third-quarter federal payroll return. (October 31 falls on a Sunday.)
Also every month: Virginia sales tax returns are generally due the 20th, and Virginia LLCs and corporations owe the SCC annual registration fee by the end of the month they were formed. Disaster declarations can push IRS deadlines later for affected areas.
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