2008 General Tax Calendar

Federal holidays in 2008

January 1 — New Year’s Day
January 21 — Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
February 18 — Washington’s Birthday
April 16 — District of Columbia Emancipation Day
May 26 — Memorial Day
July 4 — Independence Day
September 1 — Labor Day
October 13 — Columbus Day
November 11 — Veterans’ Day
November 27 — Thanksgiving Day
December 25 — Christmas Day

General tax calendar of 2008

January 14 — IRS starts to process 2007 income tax returns that are filed without any of following five forms

Form 8863, Education Credits
Form 5695, Residential Energy Credits
Form 1040A’s Schedule 2, Child & Dependent Care Expenses for Form 1040A filers
Form 8396, Mortgage Interest Credit
Form 8859, District of Columbia First-Time Homebuyer Credit

February 11 — IRS starts to process income tax returns that has filed with any of above five forms.

April 15 — Due date for 2007 income tax return and any tax owed.

OR file Form 4868 "Automatic Extension of Time to File Your Tax Return" and pay any tax due.

October 15 — File the income tax return if you had filed the Form 4868 by April 15.