Tax Day 2023: How To File Extension In RI Now That Deadline Arrived

RHODE ISLAND — Taxpayers in Rhode Island who are on the verge of missing Tuesday’s deadline to file 2022 income tax returns can request an extension from the Internal Revenue Service, but they’ll need to do that now. The April 18 tax deadline still applies.

What an extension does is give taxpayers six more months — until Oct. 16 — to prepare their federal tax returns. It does not extend the time to pay taxes. Taxpayers should estimate and pay any owed taxes to avoid any penalties, according to the IRS.

In Rhode Island, you can file an extension by submitting this application. Taxpayers in certain disaster areas already have longer to file their taxes and don’t need to ask for an extension.

Individual taxpayers can, regardless of income, use IRS Free File to electronically request an automatic tax-filing extension until Oct. 16 (the extension deadline is usually Oct. 15, but that falls on a Sunday this year).

Taxpayers also get an extension by electronically paying all or part of their estimated income tax due and indicating the payment is for an extension. Same-day payments may be made using online through account services, or they may be scheduled with Direct Pay using the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System or with a credit or debit card.