Information for Fiscal-Year Taxpayers
If you use a fiscal year (rather than the calendar year) as your tax year, you should change some of the dates in the general federal tax calendar. Use the following general guidelines to make these changes.
The 3 months that make up each quarter of a fiscal year may be different from those of each calendar quarter, depending on when the fiscal year begins. Also see Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, earlier.
Individuals: |
Form 1040. This form is due on the 15th day of
the 4th month after the end of your tax year.
Form 4868 is used to request an extension of
time to file Form 1040. |
Estimated tax payments (Form 1040-ES). Payments are due on the 15th day of the 4th,
6th, and 9th months of your tax year and on the
15th day of the 1st month after your tax year
ends. |
Partnerships: |
Form 1065. This form is due on the 15th day of the 4th month after the end of the partnership's tax year. Provide each partner with a copy of their Schedule K-1 (Form 1065) or substitute Schedule K-1 (Form 1065) by the 15th day of the 4th month after the end of the partnership's tax year. Form 7004 is used to request an automatic 6-month extension of time to file Form 1065. |
Corporations and S Corporations: |
Form 1120S (or Form 7004). This form is due
on the 15th day of the 3rd month after the end
of the corporation's tax year. Provide each
shareholder with a copy of their Schedule K-1
(Form 1120S) by the 15th day of the 3rd month
after the end of the corporation's tax year. Form
7004 is used to request an automatic 6-month
extension of time to file Form 1120S. |
This form is due on the 15th day of the 4th month after the end of
the corporation's tax year. However, a corporation
with a fiscal tax year ending June 30 must
file by the 15th day of the 3rd month after the
end of its tax year. A corporation with a short
tax year ending anytime in June will be treated
as if the short year ended on June 30, and must
file by the 15th day of the 3rd month after the
end of its tax year. Form 7004 is used to request an automatic 6-month extension of time to file Form 1120. However, corporations with a fiscal tax year ending June 30, or a short tax year treated as if the short year ended June 30, will use Form 7004 to request an automatic 7-month extension of time to file Form 1120. |
Estimated tax payments. Payments are due
on the 15th day of the 4th, 6th, 9th, and 12th
months of the corporation's tax year. |
Form 2553. This form is used to choose S corporation treatment. It is due no more than 2
months and 15 days after the beginning of the
tax year the election is to take effect or at any time during the preceding tax year. |