Talk:Tax Day

Tax Day in other countries

Do any other countries refer to the income tax deadline as "Tax Day"? I know it's practically an enshrined institution here in the US, but the other English-speaking nations I'm familiar with don't really have one solid and uniform tax day - apart from Canada, and I don't think Canadians generally use the term. I was wondering if there's any need for the "US-centric" tag. CredoFromStart 14:47, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

The article could easily be moved to Tax Day (United States). I don't think Americans would mind. Does the concept of a deadline for filling out annual tax forms exist in other countries? DavidRF (talk) 02:33, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, the concept exists in most countries which requires taxes paid. In Canada, the advertisements refer to "filing deadline" and "file by Aril 30th" - we don't have a special designator for the day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by WPaulB (talk • contribs) 17:41, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

I have moved the article to Tax Day (United States) as suggested early on by user DavidRF. If anyone were to create any other Tax Day articles for other countries, Tax Day could become a disambiguation page. Cstanford.math (talk) 02:31, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Support. This shouldn't be here. The SCOPE of "Tax Day" includes all tax days around the world and the article parked here should reflect that. I at the very least was looking for Taiwan's Tax Day, which used to be observed by opening the island's lighthouses to the public. — LlywelynII 14:11, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

For the curious, apparently Taiwan's Tax Day is currently May 31. No info there whether it's varied over the years. — LlywelynII 14:15, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

If you move this article from Tax Day, please create a disambiguation page at Tax Day to avoid WP:PRECISION and WP:PTOPIC problems. -- JHunterJ (talk) 13:01, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Tax Day a holiday?

RussBot said, "Tax Day" is not a holiday! Isn't there a more appropriate category?"

Tax Day is marked on my calendar of US holidays. If you consider a holiday as a day of observance, then this could be called a holiday as many Americans on this day observe that their taxes need to be postmarked to avoid a late fee. Jecowa 02:19, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Calendars are marked with many observances, not all of which are holidays. It's just convenient to make the fiscal days on the calandar sold primarily in the US. What kind of holiday is it that you don't get off, don't spend money preparing for festivities, instead tallying up your money and telling someone else whether they owe you or you owe them? Fun to be had by all, that holiday.--WPaulB (talk) 14:10, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. Tax day is not a holiday. No festivals, religious events, or national celebrations are generally held on that date. It is not a day declared free from work by the government. It is not a period of one or more days taken off work by an employee for leisure. ~ Quacks Like a Duck (talk) 14:29, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Broken link

Resident Alien links to a Spacehog album, is there an alternate location for it? Sam 1124^{Talk to me!} 17:48, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Philippines

Philippines also mark April 15 as final day to file income tax return to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (Philippines). It is not a holiday. Related site. ---Exec8 (talk) 21:48, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

The question is, if the term "tax day" is also generally widely used in the Philippines.I agree though, Philippines can be mentioned in the article since also in Philippines, April 15 is the tax file dead line. 112.198.90.99 (talk) 03:45, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

No, it isn't. The term "tax day" in American and British usage is inclusive of any deadline for taxes and the current content should be parked at Tax Day (United States) as discussed above. — LlywelynII 14:13, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Corporate Tax Day, March 15

The due date for corporate tax returns with December 31 year end dates is usually March 15 [1], don`t know if someone wants to add that to the article or not. Jozsefs (talk) 01:49, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Probably non useful, most large corporations I've worked for (or been contracted to) a fiscal year that ended on some day other than Dec 31 such as June 30th. Jon (talk) 13:08, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Actually, the vast majority of corporations in the United States probably do have March 15th as the federal income tax return filing deadline, as most use a December year end for federal income tax purposes.

More to the point, the article is a bit incomplete. In the United States, the 15th day of each month is a "tax day" (a federal income tax return filing deadline) for some corporation or another. And April 30, July 31, October 31, January 31, and February 28 are also return filing deadlines for various federal payroll tax returns, Form W-2 reports, Form 1099 reports, and so on. And that doesn't even address various state employment tax return filing deadlines, sales tax return filing deadlines, and so on. I'm not even sure the subject actually warrants an article. Oh well.... Famspear (talk) 00:16, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Proposed downgrade of article

"Tax day" is a slang expression. This article's topic violates WP:Not a dictionary policy. Further, the article is little more than a stub, certainly not close to C class. I propose downgrading to stub, and modifying the first sentence to mention that the term is slang. Were it not for the amusing tidbits in the "history" section, I'd propose deletion. Oldtaxguy (talk) 23:29, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

I guess this issue is settled. 112.198.90.99 (talk) 03:50, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Downgraded and noted error

I have downgraded to stub, as well as modified the introduction to note slang and the inherent error of the term.

Requested move 22 March 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Not moved. As an aside, if you want to move an article to a disambiguated title, please propose something to be placed at the base name. (non-admin closure) Red Slash 17:44, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

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Tax Day → Tax Day (United States) – This article is very clearly a country specific article. Per WP:NCCST, the country should be noted in the name of the article. Many countries have taxes and have tax days, and there is no worldwide default that it be April 15--individual countries have their own tax days. As such the article name should clearly note that this is a country (US) specific topic. Such a move was proposed years ago but not acted on. There is currently a redirect from Tax Day (United States) to Tax Day but a redirect is not sufficient given the country specific nature of this article. Dash77 (talk) 21:34, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose. The lede of the article makes clear it's a country-specific article; it doesn't have to be in the title too. There aren't any other articles currently on other topics known as "Tax Day" to disambiguate from. Basically, Some Title should never redirect to Some Title (a disambiguiator), which would be the result of such a move currently. SnowFire (talk) 00:36, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose No evidence of other "Tax Day" articles on Wikipedia, so no disambiguation needed. 162.208.168.92 (talk) 01:20, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
• Comment Dash77 do you have examples of other countries that have "tax days"? I'd be open to supporting, but it'd be helpful if you had sources to prove why it's ambiguous. Cheers, Fredlesaltique (talk) 02:55, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

  Yes I'd perhaps support if there are any other countries that also merit articles. Crouch, Swale (talk) 08:51, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

• Support while I don't see evidence that "Tax Day" (aka tax deadline day) is as big a thing in any other country as it is in the US, tax deadlines certainly exist; [2] says that the German tax deadline is July 31 and [3] says that it is October 31 in Australia. Furthermore, I don't think piling country-specific info into the current article will improve it. User:力 (power~enwiki, π, ν) 17:38, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose. There are no other formally recognized Tax Days that have their own Wikipedia article. -- Calidum 17:51, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Tax Day on Good Friday

Tax Day fell on Good Friday in 2022 but there is no mention of what happens if this is the case (only if it falls on a weekend or Emancipation Day). I'm not from the US so I can't confirm - can anyone else? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.194.212.21 (talk) 08:01, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Nothing happens. Good Friday is not a legal or bank holiday in the United States. The due date for tax is not affected. 47.139.40.116 (talk) 03:18, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Lincoln

President Lincoln died on April 15, 1865. Is that why April 15 was chosen for tax day or is it just a coincidence? 47.139.40.116 (talk) 03:20, 8 April 2023 (UTC)