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Tax Day / federal individual income tax filing deadline

IRS material uses “Tax Day” for the federal individual income tax filing deadline and notes that circumstances can move the practical deadline

Date / ruleUsually 15 April in the United States, subject to calendar and legal exceptions
ScopeUnited States federal individual income tax filing context
VerificationFederal Agency Verified
PortabilityVariable Custom
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-07
Target-year policyResolve Authority
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Tax Day / federal individual income tax filing deadline?

IRS material uses “Tax Day” for the federal individual income tax filing deadline and notes that circumstances can move the practical deadline

Date and recurrence

Usually 15 April in the United States, subject to calendar and legal exceptions

The date is source-dependent or variable. A target-year source is required before assigning it to a calendar.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is United States federal individual income tax filing context. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Tax Day

Classification

Topic and context

Celebrations & Social →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Legal Financial Information Boundary.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Internal Revenue Service — When to fileFederal Tax Administration
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Tax Day / federal individual income tax filing deadline?

Usually 15 April in the United States, subject to calendar and legal exceptions The stored recurrence guidance is: Usually 15 April in the United States but the legal filing deadline can move; resolve the target-year IRS deadline.

Does Tax Day / federal individual income tax filing deadline fall on the same date every year?

It is not safely predictable from a fixed rule; the target year needs a current source.

Is Tax Day / federal individual income tax filing deadline an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States federal individual income tax filing context. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Tax Day / federal individual income tax filing deadline?

The stored designation basis is: IRS material uses “Tax Day” for the federal individual income tax filing deadline and notes that circumstances can move the practical deadline. Supporting provenance includes Internal Revenue Service — When to file. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Tax Day / federal individual income tax filing deadline international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: United States federal individual income tax filing context. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-07.

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