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The IRS has announced the tax filing and payment deadline of July 15 will not be postponed. Individual taxpayers unable to meet the July 15 due date can request an automatic extension of time to file until Oct. 15.
A majority of taxpayers (61%) are deeply concerned that the financial impacts of COVID-19 may force them into tax debt, adding to the $131 billion already owed to the IRS by 14 million Americans.
Although talks within the Trump administration are still in the preliminary stage, NBC news has reported that the deadline could be postponed again to September 15—or even as late as December 15.
As of April 17, 2020, the IRS reported that 115,961,000 individuals had filed their 2019 tax returns, compared to 137,233,000 returns filed for 2018 by April 19, 2019. That is 21,272,000 less— a drop-off of 15.5%.