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# [Tax Dates and Deadlines for 2018](https://blog.polstontax.com/tax-dates-and-deadlines-for-2018)

 Written by [Cailey Taylor](https://blog.polstontax.com/author/cailey-taylor) | Dec 28, 2017 10:21:13 PM

A new year means [new tax deadlines](https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/2018-tax-filing-season-begins-jan-29-tax-returns-due-april-17-help-available-for-taxpayers)!! Here is just a list of the major tax dates and deadlines for 2018!! Mark them down on your calendar so you don't forget!!

- **April 17, 2018** 
    - [Individual Tax Returns](https://www.irs.gov/filing) Due for Tax Year 2017 
          - If you haven’t applied for an [extension](https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/extension-of-time-to-file-your-tax-return), your individual tax returns are due by midnight April 18, 2017
    - Individual Tax Return Extension Form Due for Tax Year 2017 
          - If you need more time to prepare your tax return, you can [request a tax extension](https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-4868-application-for-automatic-extension-of-time-to-file-us-individual-income-tax-return) by April 17 to push your deadline back until October 15, 2018
    - 1st Quarter 2018 [Estimated Tax Payment Due](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estimated-taxes) 
          - Self-employed people or others that have 1st quarter income that requires quarterly estimated taxes, get your Form 1040-ES postmarked by April 17, 2018 tax deadline
    - Last Day to make a 2017 [IRA Contribution](https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-ira-contribution-limits) 
          - If you haven’t funded your retirement account for 2017, you have until April 17, 2018 to do so. This is the deadline for contribution to a traditional IRA, deductible or not, and a Roth IRA
- **January 16, 2018** 
    - 4th Quarter 2017 [Estimated Tax Payment Due](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estimated-taxes) 
          - Self-employed people or others that have 4th quarter income that requires quarterly estimated taxes are due by January 15, 2018
- **June 15, 2018** 
    - 2nd Quarter [Estimated Tax Payment Due](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estimated-taxes) 
          - Self-employed people or others that have 2nd quarter income that requires quarterly estimated taxes are due by June 15, 2018

- **September 17, 2018** 
    - 3rd Quarter 2018 [Estimated Tax Payment Due](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estimated-taxes)
    - Self-employed people or others that have 3rd quarter income that requires quarterly estimated taxes are due by September 17, 2018

- **October 15, 2018** 
    - [Extended Individual Tax Return](https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/extension-of-time-to-file-your-tax-return) Due 
          - If you got a filing extension on your 2017 tax return, this must be done and postmarked by October 15, 2018

- - Last Chance to Recharacterize 2017[Roth IRA Conversion](https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/retirement-plans-faqs-regarding-iras-recharacterization-of-roth-rollovers-and-conversions) 
          - If you converted a traditional IRA to a Roth during 2017 and paid tax on the conversion with your 2016 return, October 15 2018 is the deadline for undoing the conversion.

 

 

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