{"id":29865,"date":"2017-09-19T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resource-center.hrblock.com\/?p=28650"},"modified":"2020-07-10T13:24:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T18:24:30","slug":"tax-dictionary-past-due-tax-return-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/irs\/audits-and-tax-notices\/tax-dictionary-past-due-tax-return-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Past-Due Tax Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>IRS Definition<\/h2>\n<p>File all tax returns that are due, regardless of whether or not you can pay in full. File your past due return the same way and to the same location where you would file an on-time return.<\/p>\n<h2>More from H&amp;R Block<\/h2>\n<p>If you don\u2019t file a required tax return by the due date, the IRS will charge you a 5% per month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/irs\/audits-and-tax-notices\/tax-dictionary-failure-file-penalty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">penalty for failing to file<\/a>. If you owe taxes on the return, the IRS will also charge a 0.5% per month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/irs\/audits-and-tax-notices\/tax-dictionary-failure-pay-penalty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">failure to pay penalty<\/a>. Interest will also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/irs\/audits-and-tax-notices\/tax-dictionary-accrue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accrue<\/a> on any unpaid balance from the day the return was due until the date you pay the tax in full.<\/p>\n<p>The IRS can also file a return for you, called a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/irs\/audits-and-tax-notices\/tax-dictionary-substitute-return-sfr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">substitute for return<\/a> (SFR). The IRS prepares the return based on information it has from your employers, banks, financial institutions and other payers.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a refund due, you must file your tax return within three years of the due date of the return, or you&#8217;ll lose your refund.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/irs\/audits-and-tax-notices\/unfiled-tax-return\/\">Learn how to address past-due tax returns.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRS Definition File all tax returns that are due, regardless of whether or not you can pay in full. File your past due return the same way and to the same location where you would file an on-time return. More from H&amp;R Block If you don\u2019t file a required tax return by the due date, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":605,"featured_media":28838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-irs","category-audits-and-tax-notices"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<title>Tax Dictionary - Past-Due Tax Return | H&amp;R Block<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Get the facts about IRS past-due tax returns, and how to fix the issue. 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