Arizona State Income Tax Filing Break

Gov. Janet Napolitano has announced she'll seek emergency legislation to change the date Arizonans file state income tax returns this year. Upon passage of the legislation, the new filing date will be Tues., April 17th, 2007. The move allows Arizona to conform to a this-year-only change in federal tax rules.

Background:

Here’s the reason the change is necessary: Under a recent law, the District of Columbia
(Washington, D.C.) will observe April 16th, as Emancipation Day & as a legal holiday.

Under another already-existing federal law, any legal holiday in the District of Columbia is treated as a holiday for federal tax filing purposes. So, for this year, the IRS has already announced that the deadline for filing federal taxes is April 17th, 2007.

Although it sounds complicated, it isn’t. The Arizona change simply means that Arizona
taxpayers get the same extension. Arizona taxes will need to be filed by April 17th – the same day federal taxes are due.

“People have enough to worry about, without having to figure out separate tax deadlines,” said Gov. Napolitano. “This way, there’s only 1 deadline Arizonans will need to remember, & that’s midnight on Tues., April 17th.” For more info about the office of the Governor, visit: azgovernor.gov.