If you need more time, you can request an additional four month extension by filing federal form 4868, Application for Automatic Extension of Time To File U.S. Individual Income Tax Return (downloads as a pdf) by June 15.

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Filing for extension gives you a six month extension of the original time to file.

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Filing for extension generally gives a taxpayer a six month extension of the original time to file.

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