United States tax deadlines 2026.
Every individual and self-employed income tax deadline for United States in 2026. Plus recurring VAT / GST / sales tax filings. Each deadline links to notes on how to file, what people miss, and matching open tax rules.
Annual deadlines
6 this yearQ4 Estimated Tax (Form 1040-ES)
USFinal quarterly estimated tax payment for tax year 2025. Covers September through December 2025 earnings.
Q1 Estimated Tax (Form 1040-ES)
USFirst-quarter estimated tax payment for US self-employed individuals and pass-through business owners for tax year 2026. Miss it and you accumulate underpayment penalties all year.
Federal Form 1040 — Individual Income Tax Return
USThe main US federal individual income tax return for tax year 2025. Every US resident and citizen with income above the filing threshold needs to file this (or request an extension) by April 15, 2026.
Q2 Estimated Tax (Form 1040-ES)
USSecond-quarter federal estimated tax payment. Covers income earned April 1 through May 31. Also the expat filing deadline for US citizens living abroad.
Q3 Estimated Tax (Form 1040-ES)
USThird-quarter federal estimated tax payment for US self-employed individuals. Covers income earned June 1 through August 31, 2026.
Extended Federal 1040 Deadline
USFinal deadline to file Form 1040 if you requested an extension via Form 4868 in April. Tax owed was still due April 15.
Recurring filings
VAT / GST / Sales taxState Sales Tax
United States
US state-level sales tax filings. Frequency varies by state and volume — typically monthly, quarterly, or annual. No federal sales tax.
Open tax rules for United States
Prepare this return with open-source skills
These skills are in the OpenAccountants repo. Add them to your AI agent and they handle the computation.
Tier 2 content skill for computing the self-employed retirement contribution deduction for US sole proprietors and single-member LLCs disregarded for federal tax purposes. Covers tax year 2025 SEP-IRA, Solo 401(k), SIMPLE IRA, and traditional/Roth IRA options with SECURE 2.0 super catch-up provisions. Handles the net SE earnings calculation, the 92.35% adjustment, the employer contribution formula (20% effective rate for sole props), employee deferral limits ($23,500), catch-up and super catch-up contributions, the SEP-IRA 25% limit ($70,000 cap), SIMPLE IRA rules, traditional and Roth IRA income limits and deductibility phase-outs, and establishment/contribution deadlines. Consumes Schedule C net profit and SE tax from us-schedule-c-and-se-computation. Feeds QBI computation in us-qbi-deduction. MUST be loaded alongside us-tax-workflow-base v0.1 or later. Federal only. No state tax.
Illinois Sales Tax return (Form ST-1) for self-employed individuals. Covers all four Illinois occupation and use taxes (ROT, UT, SOT, SUT), state and local rates, origin-based sourcing, vendor discount, and filing frequencies. Primary source: 35 ILCS 120/ (ROT), 35 ILCS 105/ (UT), 35 ILCS 115/ (SOT), 35 ILCS 110/ (SUT).
Florida Sales and Use Tax return (Form DR-15) for self-employed individuals and small businesses. Covers the 6% state sales tax rate, county discretionary sales surtax, use tax on out-of-state purchases, exempt transactions, filing frequencies, and dealer collection allowance. Primary source: Florida Statutes Chapter 212.
Florida Annual Report filing for LLCs and corporations registered with the Division of Corporations (Sunbiz). Covers the annual report requirement, $138.75 fee for LLCs, filing deadline, late filing penalties, and administrative dissolution risk. Primary source: Florida Statutes Chapter 605 (LLCs) and Chapter 607 (corporations).
Tier 2 content skill for determining which contractor payments made by a US sole proprietor or single-member LLC require issuing Form 1099-NEC and producing the information returns for tax year 2025. Covers the §6041A $600 reporting threshold (rising to $600 for electronic payments after repeated deferrals of the §6050W $600 threshold), the corporate exception under Treas. Reg. §1.6041-3(p), the attorney exception under §6045(f), the medical/health care exception under §6041A(a)(2), the Form W-9 collection requirement, backup withholding at 24% under §3406, the January 31 filing deadline under §6071(c), e-filing requirements under §6011(e) and the 2025 threshold of 10 forms, penalties for failure to file under §6721 and failure to furnish under §6722, TIN matching and B-notice procedures, and state filing requirements. MUST be loaded alongside us-tax-workflow-base v0.1+. Federal only.
Use this skill whenever asked about states with no sales tax, Alaska local sales tax, Delaware gross receipts tax, Montana resort tax, New Hampshire meals and rooms tax, Oregon Corporate Activity Tax, or tax obligations in AK, DE, MT, NH, or OR. Trigger on phrases like "no sales tax states", "Alaska sales tax", "Delaware gross receipts", "Montana resort tax", "New Hampshire meals tax", "Oregon CAT", "Oregon no sales tax", or any request involving tax compliance in states that do not impose a general statewide sales tax. ALWAYS load us-sales-tax first for federal context.
Tier 2 US federal content skill for Form 5471 — US Information Return for Controlled Foreign Corporations and other foreign corps requiring US-shareholder reporting under §§6038 and 6046. Covers tax year 2025 including the five filing categories (Cat 1 SFC, Cat 2 officer/director, Cat 3 acquisition/disposition, Cat 4 controller >50%, Cat 5 CFC shareholder), the §958(b)(4) repeal expanding the CFC universe through downward attribution, the eleven schedules (A through Q), §951 Subpart F + §951A GILTI inclusion mechanics, §959 PTEP tracking, §954(b)(4) high-tax exception, the $10,000 per-failure-per-year §6038 penalty, and reasonable-cause defense paths including Streamlined Foreign Offshore Procedures.
Florida discretionary sales surtax rates for all 67 counties (CY2026, FDOR DR-15DSS) on top of the 6% state sales tax.
Prepare a United States review pack with open Guides
These Guides can help your AI agent draft computations, organize schedules, and prepare a review package. They do not replace a tax preparer or determine your final filing position. The OpenAccountants repo has open Tax Guides, accountant-reviewed where available — run them with your AI agent, then have an accountant review.