Did you know that the penalty for filing late is usually 5 percent of the unpaid taxes for each month or part of a month that a return is late. This penalty will not exceed 25 percent of your unpaid taxes. Filing an extension by the due date (this year April 18th) avoids this late filing penalty. Remember though, the extension to file is not an extension to pay.
No need to pay that penalty if you can avoid it by filing an extension for free.
Hi, I hope to encourage readers, young & old alike, to take a more active role in your personal finances, to learn about your money and how to keep more of it. The goal is not to tell you what to do with your money, but to help inform you about money so that you can make responsible money decisions of your own, and the best possible money choices of your own. Welcome! Glad you could make it. Come on in, get cozy and let’s talk!
4.19.2011
Tax Tip: Late filing penalty
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