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F..4868 Application for Automatic Extension of Time To File U.S. Individual Income Tax Return OMB No. 154S-0074 Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service (9£) ► Go to www.irs.gov/Fonn4868 for the latest Information. 2018 There are three ways to request an automatic extension of time to file a U.S. individual income tax return. Pay Electronically 1. You can pay all or part of your estimated income tax due and indicate that the payment is for an extension using Direct Pay. You don't need to file Form 4868 if you make a payment using our the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System, or using a credit electronic payment options. The IRS will automatically process an or debit card. See How To Make a Payment on page 3. extension of time to file when you pay part or all of your estimated 2. You can file Form 4868 electronically by accessing IRS e-file income tax electronically. You can pay online or by phone (see using your home computer or by using a tax professional who page 3). uses e-file. 3. You can file a paper Form 4868 and enclose payment of your estimate of tax due (optional). • E-file Using Your Personal Computer or Through a Tax Professional Refer to your tax software package or tax preparer for ways to file It's Convenient, electronically. Be sure to have a copy of your 2017 tax return— Safe, and Secure you'll be asked to provide information from the retum for taxpayer verification. If you wish to make a payment, you can pay by IRS e-fife is the IRS's electronic filing program. You can get an electronic funds withdrawal or send your check or money order to automatic extension of time to file your tax return by filing Form the address shown in the middle column under Where To File a 4868 electronically. You'll receive an electronic acknowledgment PaperForm 4868 (see page 4). once you complete the transaction. Keep it with your records. Don't mail in Form 4868 if you file electronically, unless you're making a ITA File a Paper Form 4868 payment with a check or money order (see page 3). Complete Form 4868 to use as a worksheet. If you think you may If you wish to file on paper instead of electronically, fill in the Form owe tax when you file your return, you'll need to estimate your total 4868 below and mail it to the address shown on page 4. tax liability and subtract how much you've already paid (lines 4, 5, For information on using a private delivery service, see page 4. and 6 below). Note: If you're a fiscal year taxpayer, you must file a paper Form Several companies offer free e-filing of Form 4868 through the 4868. Free File program. For more details, go to IRS.gov and click on freefile. General Instructions Purpose of Form 1. Properly estimate your 2018 tax liability using the information available to you, Use Form 4868 to apply for 6 more months (4 if "out of the country" (defined on page 2) and a U.S. citizen or resident) to file 2. Enter your total tax liability on line 4 of Form 4868, and Form 1040, 1040NR, 1040NR-EZ, 1040-PR, or 1040-SS. 3. File Form 4868 by the regular due date of your return. Gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax return (Form Although you aren't required to make a payment of the tax 709). An extension of time to file your 2018 calendar year income you estimate as due, Form 4868 doesn't extend the time to tax return also extends the time to file Form 709 for 2018. However, pay taxes. If you don't pay the amount due by the it doesn't extend the time to pay any gift and GST tax you may owe regular due date, you'll owe interest. You may also be charged for 2018. To make a payment of gift and GST tax, see Form 8892. If penalties. For more details, see Interest and Late Payment Penalty you don't pay the amount due by the regular due date for Form 709. on page 2. Any remittance you make with your application for you'll owe interest and may also be charged penalties. If the donor extension will be treated as a payment of tax. died during 2018. see the instructions for Forms 709 and 8892. You don't have to explain why you're asking for the extension. We'll contact you only if your request is denied. Qualifying for the Extension Don't file Form 4868 if you want the IRS to figure your tax or To get the extra time. you must: you're under a court order to file your return by the regular due date. ♦ DETACH HERE V Form4868 Application for Automatic Extension of Time To File U.S. Individual Income Tax Return Department of the Treasury interne1Reverue Service (99) For calendar year 20th. or other tax year beginning 2018 and ending 218 Part I Identification Individual Income Tax 4 Estimate of total tax liability for 2018 . $ 5 Total 2018 payments 6 Balance due. Subtract line 5 from line 4 (see Instructions) 7 Amount you're paying (see instructions) . ► 8 Check here if you're -out of the country' and a U.S. citizen or resident (see Instructions) ► ❑ 9 Check here if you file Pooh 1040NR or 1O40NR-FZ and 2 3 didn't receive wages as an employee subject to U.S. income tax withholding ► ❑ EFTA01222723