Federal business filing dates, 2027

Federal due dates for small businesses, computed from IRS pages. Every line links to the official page it came from, with the date that page was read. Where no official source has been verified, the line says so instead of showing a date.

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Coverage · 2 of 4 fully dated

Income / franchise tax return

3 dates · 2 not dated yet

The annual return for the business’s tax year, and in franchise-tax states the report that keeps the entity in good standing. Which form and which date depend on the entity type and the tax year. Where the source grants an extension, it extends the time to file; the source says whether it also extends the time to pay.

Why no dates: No official source confirmed yet for some of these dates, so they are not shown.

ObligationApplies toDue rule2027 datesSource · retrieved
Form 1065 and Schedules K-1calendar-year partnership
Source text
“This form is due on the 15th day of the 3rd 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) and, if applicable, Schedule K-3 (Form 1065) or substitute Schedule K-3 (Form 1065) by the 15th day of the 3rd 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.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
Applies toA partnership, or an LLC classified as a partnership, filing Form 1065; Schedules K-1 (and K-3 if applicable) go to partners by the same date.Due rule15th day of the 3rd month after the tax year endsA date on a weekend or DC legal holiday moves to the next business day.2027 dates
  • Monextended (Form 7004): Sep 15
Source · retrievedirs.gov/publications/p509 (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved
Form 1120-S and Schedules K-1calendar-year S corporation
Source text
“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 1120-S) or substitute Schedule K-1 (Form 1120-S) and, if applicable, Schedule K-3 (Form 1120-S) or substitute Schedule K-3 (Form 1120-S) 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 1120-S.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
Applies toAn S corporation (or an LLC that elected S status) filing Form 1120-S; Schedules K-1 (and K-3 if applicable) go to shareholders by the same date.Due rule15th day of the 3rd month after the tax year endsA date on a weekend or DC legal holiday moves to the next business day.2027 dates
  • Monextended (Form 7004): Sep 15
Source · retrievedirs.gov/publications/p509 (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved
Form 1040 (Schedule C owner)calendar-year Schedule C filer
Source text
“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 automatic 6-month extension of time to file Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“the due date for filing your federal individual income tax return is generally April 15 of each year”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
Applies toAn individual reporting business income on Schedule C: a sole proprietor, or a single-member LLC disregarded into its individual owner.Due rule15th day of the 4th month after the tax year endsA date on a weekend or DC legal holiday moves to the next business day.2027 dates
  • Thuextended (Form 4868): Oct 15
Source · retrievedirs.gov/publications/p509 (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved irs.gov/taxtopics/tc301 (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved
Form 1120Applies toShown once verifiedDue ruleUnsupported2027 datesNot yet verified against its official source; no date is shown until it is.Source · retrievedNo verified source on file
Form 1120 (June year-end)Applies toShown once verifiedDue ruleUnsupported2027 datesNot yet verified against its official source; no date is shown until it is.Source · retrievedNo verified source on file

Estimated tax

8 dates

Installments paid during the year toward the year’s tax. Whether a business must pay them depends on its expected liability, which this page cannot know; the lines show when installments fall due for those who must.

ObligationApplies toDue rule2027 datesSource · retrieved
Form 1040-ES estimated taxcalendar-year Schedule C filer
Source text
“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.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“Individuals, including sole proprietors, partners, and S corporation shareholders, generally have to make estimated tax payments if they expect to owe tax of $1,000 or more when their return is filed.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
Applies toAn individual with Schedule C business income whose preparer attests federal estimated tax is required (generally, expecting to owe $1,000 or more when the return is filed). The source’s special rules for farmers, fishermen and higher-income taxpayers, and any option to skip the last payment by filing early, are not modelled.Due rulePayment 1: 15th day of the 4th month of the tax year; Payment 2: 15th day of the 6th month of the tax year; Payment 3: 15th day of the 9th month of the tax year; Payment 4: 15th day of the month after the tax year endsA date on a weekend or DC legal holiday moves to the next business day.2027 dates
  • FriPayment 4
  • ThuPayment 1
  • TuePayment 2
  • WedPayment 3
Source · retrievedirs.gov/publications/p509 (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estimated-taxes (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved
Corporate estimated taxcalendar-year C corporation
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“Payments are due on the 15th day of the 4th, 6th, 9th, and 12th months of the corporation’s tax year.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“Corporations generally have to make estimated tax payments if they expect to owe tax of $500 or more when their return is filed.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
Applies toA C corporation whose preparer attests federal estimated tax is required (generally, expecting to owe $500 or more when the return is filed).Due ruleInstallment 1: 15th day of the 4th month of the tax year; Installment 2: 15th day of the 6th month of the tax year; Installment 3: 15th day of the 9th month of the tax year; Installment 4: 15th day of the 12th month of the tax yearA date on a weekend or DC legal holiday moves to the next business day.2027 dates
  • ThuInstallment 1
  • TueInstallment 2
  • WedInstallment 3
  • WedInstallment 4
Source · retrievedirs.gov/publications/p509 (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estimated-taxes (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved

Withholding

4 dates · 1 not dated yet

Returns and deposits of income tax withheld from employees’ wages. The agency assigns each employer a deposit frequency, usually from its past liability, so the dates differ by frequency.

Why no dates: No official source confirmed yet for some of these dates, so they are not shown.

ObligationApplies toDue rule2027 datesSource · retrieved
Form 941
Source text
“Forms filed quarterly with due dates of April 30, July 31, Oct. 31 and Jan. 31 (for the fourth quarter of the previous calendar year) File Form 941 if you paid wages subject to employment taxes with the IRS for each quarter by the last day of the month that follows the end of the quarter. If you timely deposited all taxes when due, then you have 10 additional calendar days to file the return.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“Generally, employers must report wages, tips and other compensation paid to an employee by filing the required Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return. Small employers (those with annual employment tax liabilities of $1,000 or less) may file Form 944, Employer's Annual Federal Tax Return, if approved by the IRS, and agricultural employers file Form 943, Employer's Annual Tax Return for Agricultural Employees.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“An employer must file the required forms by the required due date. If the due date for filing a return falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, then you may file the return on the next business day.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
Applies toAn employer that files Form 941 (not an employer the IRS has assigned Form 944 or Form 943) and paid wages subject to employment taxes in the quarter.Due rulelast day of the month after the quarter endsA date on a weekend or DC legal holiday moves to the next business day.2027 dates
  • Monmoved from Sun Jan 31extended: Feb 10
  • Friextended: May 10
  • Monmoved from Sat Jul 31extended: Aug 10
  • Monmoved from Sun Oct 31extended: Nov 10
Source · retrievedirs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/employment-tax-due-dates (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved
$100,000 next-day deposit rule
Source text
“Next-day deposit rule If you accumulate $100,000 or more in taxes on any day during a monthly or semiweekly deposit period, then you must deposit the tax by the next business day.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
Applies toAn employer that accumulates $100,000 or more in taxes on any day of a monthly or semiweekly deposit period deposits that tax by the next business day. Liability-driven, so not calendared.Due ruleNo date: see the source text2027 dates—Source · retrievedirs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/employment-tax-due-dates (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved
Federal employment tax depositsApplies toShown once verifiedDue ruleUnsupported2027 datesNot yet verified against its official source; no date is shown until it is.Source · retrievedNo verified source on file

Unemployment insurance

1 date

Employer contribution and wage reports for unemployment insurance: the state program, and FUTA at the federal level.

ObligationApplies toDue rule2027 datesSource · retrieved
Form 940 (FUTA)
Source text
“Forms filed annually with a due date of Jan. 31 File Forms W-2 with Form W-3 with the SSA to report wages paid and employment taxes withheld from these wages during the previous tax year. Forms W-2 are required to be provided to employees by Jan. 31. Visit the SSA website Employer W-2 Filing Instructions & Information for more information about these forms. File Form 940 with the IRS to report taxable FUTA wages paid in the previous year. If you deposited all the FUTA tax when due, then you have 10 additional calendar days to file the Form 940.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“Most employers must also file Form 940, Employer’s Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return, to report the wages paid subject to FUTA, and to compute the tax.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“An employer must file the required forms by the required due date. If the due date for filing a return falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, then you may file the return on the next business day.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
Applies toAn employer the preparer attests is liable for FUTA, reporting taxable FUTA wages paid in the previous year on Form 940.Due ruleJanuary 31 of the year after the calendar year endsA date on a weekend or DC legal holiday moves to the next business day.2027 dates
  • Monmoved from Sun Jan 31extended: Feb 10
Source · retrievedirs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/employment-tax-due-dates (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved

Sales and use tax

not applicable

Returns for sales and use tax collected under a permit. The agency assigns each permit holder a filing frequency; the dates differ by frequency.

Why: There is no federal sales tax.

Annual report

not applicable

The annual or biennial report an entity files with the Secretary of State (or its equivalent) to stay in good standing. Some are keyed to the month the entity was formed.

Why: There is no federal annual report. Beneficial ownership (BOI) reporting is listed separately.

Information returns

6 dates

Forms reporting payments to others — W-2s to employees, 1099s to contractors — furnished to the recipients and filed with the agency.

ObligationApplies toDue rule2027 datesSource · retrieved
Form 1099-MISCfiles electronically
Source text
“Filing dates. Section 6071(c) requires you to file Form 1099-NEC on or before January 31, using either paper or electronic filing procedures. File Form 1099-MISC by February 28, if you file on paper, or March 31, if you file electronically. If any date shown falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday in the District of Columbia or where the return is to be filed, the due date is the next business day.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“You are required to furnish the payee statements by January 31 and file with the IRS by February 28 (March 31, if filing electronically).”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“Continuous-use revision. Use the December 2026 revision of Form 1099-MISC and Form 1099-NEC and these instructions to file 2026 information with the IRS in early 2027. Also, use them to furnish the information to the recipient. Continue to use these revisions for subsequent years until we issue a superseding revision. Do not use these revisions for prior years.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
Applies toA business the preparer attests must file Form 1099-MISC for the year: furnish recipients by January 31; file with the IRS by February 28 on paper or March 31 electronically, per the declared filing method. A legal holiday where the return is filed also rolls the date; only District of Columbia holidays are compiled, so the date shown is never later than the real one.Due ruleFurnish recipient statements: January 31 of the year after the calendar year ends; File with the IRS (electronic): March 31 of the year after the calendar year endsA date on a weekend or DC legal holiday moves to the next business day.2027 dates
  • MonFurnish recipient statements · moved from Sun Jan 31
  • WedFile with the IRS (electronic)
Source · retrievedirs.gov/instructions/i1099mec (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved
Form 1099-MISCfiles on paper
Source text
“Filing dates. Section 6071(c) requires you to file Form 1099-NEC on or before January 31, using either paper or electronic filing procedures. File Form 1099-MISC by February 28, if you file on paper, or March 31, if you file electronically. If any date shown falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday in the District of Columbia or where the return is to be filed, the due date is the next business day.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“You are required to furnish the payee statements by January 31 and file with the IRS by February 28 (March 31, if filing electronically).”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“Continuous-use revision. Use the December 2026 revision of Form 1099-MISC and Form 1099-NEC and these instructions to file 2026 information with the IRS in early 2027. Also, use them to furnish the information to the recipient. Continue to use these revisions for subsequent years until we issue a superseding revision. Do not use these revisions for prior years.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
Applies toA business the preparer attests must file Form 1099-MISC for the year: furnish recipients by January 31; file with the IRS by February 28 on paper or March 31 electronically, per the declared filing method. A legal holiday where the return is filed also rolls the date; only District of Columbia holidays are compiled, so the date shown is never later than the real one.Due ruleFurnish recipient statements: January 31 of the year after the calendar year ends; File with the IRS (paper): February 28 of the year after the calendar year endsA date on a weekend or DC legal holiday moves to the next business day.2027 dates
  • MonFurnish recipient statements · moved from Sun Jan 31
  • MonFile with the IRS (paper) · moved from Sun Feb 28
Source · retrievedirs.gov/instructions/i1099mec (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved
Form 1099-NEC
Source text
“File Form 1099-NEC with Form 1096, Annual Summary and Transmittal of U.S. Information Returns, must be filed with the IRS and provided to recipients by Jan. 31.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“Filing dates. Section 6071(c) requires you to file Form 1099-NEC on or before January 31, using either paper or electronic filing procedures. File Form 1099-MISC by February 28, if you file on paper, or March 31, if you file electronically. If any date shown falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday in the District of Columbia or where the return is to be filed, the due date is the next business day.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“You are required to furnish the payee statements and file with the IRS by January 31.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“Continuous-use revision. Use the December 2026 revision of Form 1099-MISC and Form 1099-NEC and these instructions to file 2026 information with the IRS in early 2027. Also, use them to furnish the information to the recipient. Continue to use these revisions for subsequent years until we issue a superseding revision. Do not use these revisions for prior years.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
Applies toA business the preparer attests must file Form 1099-NEC for the year: file with the IRS and furnish recipients by January 31, on paper or electronically. The source also rolls over a legal holiday where the return is filed; only District of Columbia holidays are compiled, so the date shown is never later than the real one.Due ruleFile with the IRS and furnish recipients: January 31 of the year after the calendar year endsA date on a weekend or DC legal holiday moves to the next business day.2027 dates
  • MonFile with the IRS and furnish recipients · moved from Sun Jan 31
Source · retrievedirs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/employment-tax-due-dates (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved irs.gov/instructions/i1099mec (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved
Forms W-2 and W-3
Source text
“Forms filed annually with a due date of Jan. 31 File Forms W-2 with Form W-3 with the SSA to report wages paid and employment taxes withheld from these wages during the previous tax year. Forms W-2 are required to be provided to employees by Jan. 31.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“An employer must file the required forms by the required due date. If the due date for filing a return falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, then you may file the return on the next business day.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
Applies toAn employer that paid wages in the previous year: file Forms W-2 with Form W-3 with the SSA, and furnish Forms W-2 to employees, by January 31, moved to the next business day. Dated from the first year the preparer attests wages were paid; with that year undeclared, no date is shown.Due ruleFile W-2/W-3 with the SSA; furnish W-2 to employees: January 31 of the year after the calendar year endsA date on a weekend or DC legal holiday moves to the next business day.2027 dates
  • MonFile W-2/W-3 with the SSA; furnish W-2 to employees · moved from Sun Jan 31
Source · retrievedirs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/employment-tax-due-dates (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved
Information-return e-file threshold
Source text
“In general, no person is required to file information returns electronically in a calendar year unless the person is required to file at least 10 returns during that calendar year. Persons required to file fewer than 10 returns during the calendar year may file electronically or on paper. The prior threshold was 250 returns, per type of return filed. The current 10-return threshold is comprised of an aggregate of almost all information return types covered by the regulation.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“E-filing requirements Employers who file 10 or more information returns, Form 1099 series, Form 1042-S, and Form W-2, are required to file them electronically. Employers are to combine almost all information return types to determine whether a filer meets the 10-return threshold, this includes Forms W-2, filed with the Social Security Administration.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
Applies toA filer the preparer attests has 10 or more information returns for the calendar year, counted in aggregate across almost all return types (Forms W-2 included), must file them electronically.Due ruleNo date: see the source text2027 dates—Source · retrievedirs.gov/taxtopics/tc801 (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/employment-tax-due-dates (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved

Beneficial ownership information

no fixed date

Beneficial ownership information reporting, and who the source says is exempt from it.

ObligationApplies toDue rule2027 datesSource · retrieved
Beneficial ownership information (BOI) report
Source text
“Thus, through this interim final rule, all entities created in the United States — including those previously known as “domestic reporting companies” — and their beneficial owners will be exempt from the requirement to report BOI to FinCEN.”verbatim · fincen.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“However, foreign entities that meet the new definition of a “reporting company” and do not qualify for an exemption from the reporting requirements must report their BOI to FinCEN under new deadlines.”verbatim · fincen.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“U.S. companies are exempt from BOI reporting requirements and therefore, are no longer required to file BOI reports.”verbatim · fincen.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“The final rule became effective on August 14, 2026.”verbatim · fincen.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“FinCEN published this interim final rule on March 26, 2025.”verbatim · fincen.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
Applies toAn entity the preparer attests was formed in the United States is exempt from reporting BOI to FinCEN, from the interim final rule published March 26, 2025, so no BOI report is scheduled. An entity formed under a foreign country’s law and registered to do business in a US state must still report and is never suppressed; with the formation country undeclared, nothing is suppressed. 2025 is not suppressed, because the exemption began part-way through that year.Due ruleNot required for those it names (see source text)2027 dates—Source · retrievedfincen.gov/boi (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved

Due-date rules

no fixed date

The conventions other lines cite: how a date on a weekend or holiday moves, and how a disaster declaration postpones deadlines.

ObligationApplies toDue rule2027 datesSource · retrieved
IRS disaster postponements
Source text
“The IRS may postpone for up to 1 year certain tax deadlines of taxpayers who are affected by a federally declared (or state-declared, as described below) disaster. The tax deadlines the IRS may postpone include those for filing income, excise, and employment tax returns; paying income, excise, and employment taxes; and making contributions to a traditional IRA or Roth IRA.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“If any tax deadline is postponed, the IRS will publicize the postponement in your area and publish a news release and, where necessary, in a revenue ruling, revenue procedure, notice, announcement, or other guidance in the Internal Revenue Bulletin (IRB). Go to IRS.gov/DisasterTaxRelief to find out if a tax deadline has been postponed for your area.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
Applies toA taxpayer in an area covered by an IRS disaster announcement: the listed deadlines may be postponed for up to one year, per the announcement.Due ruleNo date: see the source text2027 dates—Source · retrievedirs.gov/publications/p547 (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved
Weekend and legal-holiday rule
Source text
“Generally, if a due date for performing any act for tax purposes falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the act is considered to be performed timely if it is performed no later than the next day that isn’t a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. The term “legal holiday” means any legal holiday in the District of Columbia. The calendars provided in this publication make the adjustments for Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. But you must make any adjustments for statewide legal holidays, as discussed later.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“In general, a statewide legal holiday delays a due date for filing a return only if the IRS office where you’re required to file is located in that state. For individuals, a statewide legal holiday also delays a due date for filing a return for residents of that state. A statewide legal holiday doesn’t delay a due date for making a federal tax deposit.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
“Generally, if a due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the due date is delayed until the next day that isn’t a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. For excise taxes, there are two exceptions to this rule.”verbatim · irs.gov · retrieved 2026-09-23
Applies toFederal filing and payment due dates on these calendars: a Saturday, Sunday, or District of Columbia legal holiday moves the date to the next day that is none of those. A statewide holiday can delay some filing dates by one more day but never a federal tax deposit. Excise-tax exceptions exist; no excise tax is calendared.Due ruleNo date: see the source text2027 dates—Source · retrievedirs.gov/publications/p509 (official source, opens in a new tab)retrieved

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