October 17
- Personal returns that received an automatic six-month extension must be filed today and any tax, interest, and penalties due must be paid.
- Electing large partnerships that received an additional six-month extension must file their Forms 1065-B today.
- If the monthly deposit rule applies, employers must deposit the tax for payments in September for Social Security, Medicare, withheld income tax, and nonpayroll withholding.
October 31
- The third quarter Form 941 (“Employer’s Quarterly Federal Return”) is due today and any undeposited tax must be deposited. (If your tax liability is less than $2,500, you can pay it in full with a timely filed return.) If you deposited the tax for the quarter in full and on time, you have until November 10 to file the return.
- If you have employees, a Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) deposit is due if the FUTA liability through September exceeds $500.
November 15
- If the monthly deposit rule applies, employers must deposit the tax for payments in October for Social Security Medicare, withheld income tax, and nonpayroll withholding.
December 15
- Calendar-year corporations must deposit the fourth installment of estimated income tax for 2015.
- If the monthly deposit rule applies, employers must deposit the tax for payments in November for Social Security, Medicare, withheld income tax, and nonpayroll withholding.