if you do not owe taxes do you still have to file by April15?
463933
Yes unless you have filed for a 6 month extension.  Because April 15 is on a Saturday, taxes are due on April 17 this year.
280809
You can get an automatic extension for 6 months. But if you owe money you Will have to pay penalties on the amount you owe. The extension is on the time your return is due. The money is still do April 17th(this year)
772621
It is risky not to file.  When you don't file, the IRS sometimes does your tax return for you assuming the worst case conditions.  They may send you a bill for tax you owe based on bad assumptions.  It may turn out that you really deserve a refund, but because the IRS did the return for you, you may end up owing.\n\nRegardless, if you are due a refund and don't file within 3 years, you will never get the refund.  If you owe money and don't file within 3 years, you STILL owe the money plus penalties.  If you file late, but within the 3 years AND you are getting a refund, you will NOT have to pay any penalties.  If you file late and owe money, you will have penalties thrown in as well.\n\nOne last thing, sometimes when you go for a loan, they need to see your tax returns to see if you have income to support the loan.\n\nI can't think of a good reason to EVER not file a return.  Why get on the bad side of the government for no reason.  You may be forgoing a refund.  A lot of people don't file because they owe child support or something.  This is a bad reason not to file.  Why?  Even if your entire refund goes to pay child support, at least you will owe that much less child support.  The amount paid is credited to you.  If you don't file, you get NO credit and NO refund.  You loose both ways.  Plus, you make the IRS mad.\n\nAn other reason people don't file is because they will owe.  This is another bad reason not to file.  Even if you owe, at least file the return even if you don't send in any money with the return.  The fact that you filed will lessen the impact of the penalties.  Besides, if the IRS does your return for you, they may do it in such a way that you will owe more than you really do.\n\nPlease do your tax return each year.
867814
Yes.  If the amount you earn up to 5 April is less than your personal allowance for 2006/07 then you can reclaim the tax after 5 April
725666
You are talking about filling out the W-4 at work, I'm assuming.  The more exemptions claimed, then the less tax they take out during the year.  But when you go to file (in April), if you claimed 2 during the year and you are single, you will most likely owe tax, and may be subject to a penalty.  Best to claim 0 now.  The best way to approach tax issues, is to come out even (i.e., no owe, or no refund).
422123
No, if your getting a refund there is no need to file an extension. However, if you did owe and filed an extension you wouldn't have to send any money. The only thing is the IRS will start charging you interest and penalties from April 17th until paid in full. The regular extension is until October 16th. Bottom line is, do your taxes early if you can.
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W2s must be sent out by 1/31 of each year.  1099s have similar requirements although not everyone sends them out as diligently as they should.  Since you don't file copies of your 1099s with your return (like you do with a W2) you can file without them as long as you have a good estimate of what you received.  You should be able to reconcile all receipts to your bank statement (unless they paid you in cash).
472389
Yep, u have until the 15th May with a registered tax agent.  U have to have notified the tax office before the 31st October that you intend to use a tax agent though so u don't get any fines.
396446
Yes.  So long as you had taxable income you still need to file.
407049
The rules go like this, you have 3 years to file your income tax return, since it seems that you will be getting a small amount back. You will not be penalized. Different story, if you owe money and wait to file, get ready for penalties & interest to be tacked on to whatever you owe.
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You still need to file, and would be better if you do it before they contact you (and if you had income that was reported, they will eventually, by which time you'll owe even more in interest and penalties.\n\nYou should always file even if you don't have the money to pay.  If you can't pay right away, they'll set up a payment plan, and yes, you'll be charged interest.\n\nYou're not going to be in some kind of major trouble, so don't worry about that.  Just go ahead and file, or contact the IRS and tell them your situation.  If they get your return without a check, they'll contact you to set up a plan to pay.
64183
If you have earned $5,000 or more you must file.  So it is correct that if you are under that amount there is no requirement for you to file.
1172391
Some of your answers posted are incorrect.\n\nMost states work off a system similar to the Federal/IRS system.\nThis means you have three years from April 15 of the year following the year you are reporting.\nFor example, you have until April 15, 2008 to file a return for tax year 2004 (originally due on April 15, 2005).  Since most states share electronic information with the IRS, if you are in good standing with them, the state will notify you by letter of any amount due.\nIf they owe -you- money, they will -not- notify you.  You only have three years to claim an amount owed to you.\n\nState penalties for tax avoidance are in most cases much less than Federal penalties.\n\nMost employers automatically withhold the proper amount (within a few dollars) of your state taxes owed.  If you had federal taxes withheld from your check and filed a federal return, you should really not worry about it at all.\n\nIf you are self-employed, or had employees working for your business, it is a whole other story.  You should then consider hiring a tax expert or attorney as in these cases the possibility of severe fines and penalties can be real.\n\nOtherwise, don't worry about the state issue unless they contact you.\n\nI hope this has been helpful.
371291
go to http://www.irs.gov and search for "extension," then file the extension form ASAP. The form's instructions talk about being outside the US and how that affects things. You should have filed the extension before April 17th, tho.
47976
yes, and you will want to do that as soon as possible. If you are getting a refund, there will not owe any penalties or fees. The big reason why you want to file them ASAP is because the IRS already has a list of all of your income. They get a copy of your W-2s when your employer sends you a copy so they know what you made. They do not know what your deductions are though, so in about 2 to 4 years they will send you a big fat bill for what they feel that you owe them (when actually they may owe you) Also if you do not file at all the IRS may assume that you are avoiding paying taxes and will likely audit you.\ngood luck\nBLU
50422
Do you mean that if you didn't not pay your fed tax throughout the year?   \nIf you make a taxable wage at the end of the year, then you will have to pay the taxes you owe.
389493
If you owe the IRS money you should pay it as soon as possible because you will be charged interest until you do.\n\nYou may have three years to amend a tax return but that is usually if the IRS owes you money. If you owe they want payment now.