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Make a payment of your estimated tax for 2009, if you didn't pay your income tax for the year through withholding (or didn't pay in enough tax that way). Use Form 1040-ES or pay by credit card or by EFTPS. This is the final installment date for 2009 estimated tax. However, you don't have to make this payment if you file your 2009 return (Form 1040) and pay any tax due by Feb. 1, 2010.
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Pay your estimated tax for 2009 using Form 1040-ES or pay by credit card or by EFTPS. You can then file your 2009 income tax return (Form 1040) and pay any tax due by Feb. 1, 2010
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Give your employees their copies of Form W-2 for 2009.
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Give an annual information statement to recipients of certain payments you made during 2009. You can use a copy of the appropriate Form 1099.
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File your income tax return (Form 1040) for 2009 if you didn't pay your last installment of estimated tax by Jan. 15. Filing your return now prevents any penalty for late payment of the last installment.
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File an information return (Form 1099) with IRS for certain payments you made during 2009. For a 30-day extension of time to file, use Form 8809. The due date for electronic filers is Mar. 31, 2010.
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File Form W-3 along with Copy A of all the Form W-2s you issued for 2009. The due date for electronic filers is Mar. 31, 2010.
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Large Food and Beverage Establishment Employers
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File Form 8027 to report tip income and allocated tips. Use Form 8027-T to summarize and transmit Form 8027 if you have more than one establishment. The due date for electronic filers is Mar. 31, 2010.
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File your 2009 income tax return (Form 1040) and pay any tax due. However, you have until Apr. 15, if you paid your 2009 estimated tax by Jan. 13, 2010
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C Corporations and S Corporations
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File a 2009 calendar year income tax return (Form 1120 or Form 1120S) and pay any tax still due. If you want an automatic six-month extension, file Form 7004 and deposit what you estimate you owe.
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File Form 2553 to choose to be treated as an S corporation, beginning with calendar year 2010. If Form 2553 is filed late, S treatment will begin with calendar year 2011 (unless IRS determines there was reasonable cause for failure to file on time).
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Electing Large Partnerships
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Provide each partner with a copy of Schedule K-1 of Form 1065-B.
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Electronic Filers of Information Returns
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File information returns listed under Mar. 1 (e.g., Form 1099s, Form W-2s, etc.)
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File an income tax return for 2009 (Form 1040, Form 1040A, or Form 1040EZ), and pay any tax due. If you want an automatic 6-month extension to file, file Form 4868 and estimate your tax or pay by credit card. The file Form 1040 or Form 1040A by Oct. 15.
If you paid cash wages of $1,700 or more in 2009 to a household employee you must file Schedule H with your income tax return (Form 1040) and report any employment taxes and withheld income taxes for those employees.
Contributions to an IRA for 2009 must be made by this date.
If you aren't paying your 2010 income tax through withholding (or won't pay in enough tax during the year that way), pay the first installment of your 2010 estimated tax by this date. Use Form 1040-ES or pay by credit card or by EFTPS.
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File a 2009 calendar year return (Form 1065) and provide each partner with a copy of Schedule K-1. If you want an automatic 5-month extension to file the return and provide Schedule K-1 or a substitute Schedule K-1, file Form 7004. The file Form 1065 by Sept. 15.
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Deposit the first installment of estimated income tax for 2010.
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If you are a US citizen or resident alien living and working (or on military duty) outside the US and Puerto Rico, file your 2009 Form 1040 and pay any tax, interest and penalties due. Otherwise, see April 15, above. However, if you are a participant in a combat zone you may be able to further extend the filing deadline.
Make the second installment payment of your 2010 estimated tax, if you aren't paying your income tax for the year through withholding (or won't pay enough tax that way). Use Form 1040-ES or pay by credit card or by EFTPS.
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Deposit the second installment of estimated income tax for 2010.
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If you maintain an employee benefit plan, such as a pension, profit-sharing, or stock bonus plan, file Form 5500 or Form 5500-EZ for calendar year 2009. If you use a fiscal year as your plan year, file the form by the last day of the seventh month after the plan year ends.
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Make the third installment payment of your 2010 estimated tax, if you aren't paying your income tax for the year through withholding (or won't pay in enough tax that way). Use Form 1040-ES or pay by credit card or by EFTPS.
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File a 2009 calendar year income tax return (Form 1120 or Form 1120S) and pay any tax due if you were given an automatic six-month extension.
Deposit the third installment of estimated income tax for 2010.
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If you have an automatic 6-month extension to file your income tax return for 2009, file Form 1040 and pay any tax, interest, and penalties due.
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Request employees whose withholding exemptions will be different in 2011 to fill out a new Form W-4.
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Deposit the fourth installment of estimated income tax for 2010.
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