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Expat tax deadline checker
The reference date is for planning. Your browser’s timezone does not determine legal submission timeliness. These answers stay on this screen.
This checks dates, not whether a return, payment or FBAR is required. Trust and entity configurations need their own subject and period.
Choose a valid reporting year and reference date.
Read the relief sources and assistance pathways · Read the standard deadline guide
Before you rely on this result
What would settle it, and what covers it
Documents or facts needed
- • Where you lived on the April due date
- • Whether an extension was filed
- • Which prior years remain unfiled
Where this leads
Simple · $299 — prepares the return the deadline applies to.
Also possible: Streamlined ($1,590–$2,990+ · scoped quote after free case scoping). The cheapest route that covers your facts is the right one; a package never covers more than one tax year.
How to read a status
- Likely:
- The facts entered meet the published test; confirm the inputs before acting.
- Possible:
- Some facts point this way and others are missing; more information decides it.
- Needs review:
- These inputs leave it open; a person should look before filing.
- Not currently indicated:
- Nothing entered triggers it this year; a changed fact can change the answer.
- Outside supported scope:
- This item is routed to a professional for preparation.
Scope. Dates from the published IRS calendar for the year shown; a changed residence or a missed year changes them. This is a computation on the answers you gave, not individualized tax advice.
Tool: /tools/deadline-checker
What changes the result
This answer changes if…
Whether a U.S. return is required for a year
- …your gross income for the year was at or above the filing threshold for your status and age — the threshold is not the standard deduction, and married-filing-separately is $5. Check it
- …you had $400 or more of net self-employment income — self-employment is its own trigger, below any income threshold.
- …you are married to a non-U.S. person — married-filing-separately is the default and its threshold is $5; an election to file jointly changes everything about the year.
- …you held a green card at any point in the year — a green-card holder is a U.S. person for the whole year unless the card was formally surrendered.
Each line names a fact that moves the result; what it moves to depends on the rest of your facts. Nothing here is a determination.
How Atamatax calculations are produced — the tests applied, statutory sources and review cadence — is documented in the methodology, and how the engine is validated in accuracy & review. Calculation fixes are recorded in the changelog.
Authorities cited
- 26 CFR §1.6081-5 — 26 CFR §1.6081-5 — Automatic two-month extension for taxpayers abroad
- IRS Form 4868 — About Form 4868 — Automatic Extension of Time To File a U.S. Individual Return
- IRS Publication 54 — About Publication 54 — Tax Guide for U.S. Citizens and Resident Aliens Abroad
Primary sources (Cornell Legal Information Institute for the US Code and CFR; IRS.gov for forms, procedures, and treaty documents). This page is general information, not individualized tax or legal advice.
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