quick question - i need to delay filing for my parents taxes this year, how to do it?

[The Stigenator]

My parents wont be back in the US until after the tax deadline is long gone, I have their paperwork here, including last years tax returns.

I need to file a delay filing (or whatever its called) with IRS and state of california.

How do I do this? They are currently dealing with some family issues in India and wont be back until like May-June.

 

[alfa147x]

By posting in the tax thread

 

[grohl]

file for an extension. You should pay estimated taxes at the time of filing and will be responsible for interest on additional taxes owed later.

 

[The Stigenator]

file for an extension, that is the word I was looking for.. I got to pay estimated taxes.. shit.. i have to look up their stuff then.

Wonder if I can send the IRS 20 bucks as estimated taxes and do whats needed when they come back.

 

[BeauJangles]

file for an extension, that is the word I was looking for.. I got to pay estimated taxes.. shit.. i have to look up their stuff then.

Wonder if I can send the IRS 20 bucks as estimated taxes and do whats needed when they come back.

You can, but then you owe them teh monies + interests.

 

[PowerEngineer]

Another option might be to use tax software like H&R Block to prepare and electronically file their tax returns for them (or get a tax preparer to do it if it's a complicated return). If I remember correctly, there is an option that allows you to send in a separate one-page signature form that you could send to your parents and then have them sign and mail in.