{"id":779,"date":"2013-01-01T15:15:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T19:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"\/how-file-tax-extensions-pennsylvania"},"modified":"2025-02-11T02:41:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T10:41:48","slug":"how-file-tax-extensions-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irs.com\/en\/how-file-tax-extensions-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"How to file tax extensions in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2012 income tax returns for residents of the Keystone State are due by April 15 (for calendar year filers).<\/p>\n<p>However, if you have a valid Federal tax extension (IRS Tax Form 4868), the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue will grant you an equivalent automatic six-month state tax extension.<\/p>\n<p>If you did not apply for a Federal tax extension (or your Federal extension request was denied), you can apply for a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.com\/articles\/how-file-tax-extensions-pennsylvania\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania extension using Pennsylvania Tax Form REV-276 (Application for Extension of Time to File)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you owe state income tax, you must submit Form REV-276 with your payment. Make sure to request an extension and\/or pay your state income tax by the original filing deadline of your return (generally April 15th) to avoid incurring penalties or interest charges.<\/p>\n<p>Note that the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue will only contact you if your state extension request has been denied.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mail Form REV-276 (with payment, if applicable) to the following address:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>PA Department of Revenue, Bureau of Individual Taxes, PO Box 280504, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17128-0504<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some online resources for residents of The Keystone State:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pennsylvania Department of Revenue <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revenue.state.pa.us\/portal\/server.pt\/community\/revenue_home\/10648\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>File your personal income tax extension <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filelater.com\/state-tax-extensions-pennsylvania.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">online<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&gt;&gt; The following is a <a href=\"https:\/\/content.irs.com\/articles\/state-tax-extension-information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">list that we&#8217;ve compiled of tax extension rules by states<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2012 income tax returns for residents of the Keystone State are due by April 15 (for calendar year filers). However, if you have a valid Federal tax extension (IRS Tax Form 4868), the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue will grant you an equivalent automatic six-month state tax extension. If you did not apply for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tax-extensions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.irs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9208,"href":"https:\/\/www.irs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions\/9208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}