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title: "Steve Mnuchin: “We are moving Tax Day from April 15 to July 15”"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/003569fb-8c23-4d0f-a825-2282c44e7956
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/steve-mnuchin-we-are-moving-tax-day-from-april-15-to-july-15-2712582
category: "Finance"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2020-03-20T16:11:08.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:06:18.423Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/35f3129c12b796c47c089cb5d902fb3a4185.jpg
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# Steve Mnuchin: “We are moving Tax Day from April 15 to July 15”

**TL;DR:** Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced a three-month extension of the tax filing deadline to July 15. The extension gives Americans three extra months to file and pay taxes without incurring additional fees.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-03-20. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/steve-mnuchin-we-are-moving-tax-day-from-april-15-to-july-15-2712582).*

## Story

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced in a tweet Friday morning that the deadline for Americans to submit tax forms and payments to the IRS will be extended to July 15.

> At @realDonaldTrump’s direction, we are moving Tax Day from April 15 to July 15. All taxpayers and businesses will have this additional time to file and make payments without interest or penalties.

The extension will give Americans three extra months to file and pay taxes without incurring additional fees.

Mchuhin’s announcement arrived on the same day Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell is expected to introduce a massive $1 trillion economic relief plan to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak that has shuttered businesses and left millions of Americans out of work.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- covid-19 response (topic)
- Donald Trump (person)
- IRS (regulator)
- economic relief (topic)
- tax deadline (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/steve-mnuchin-we-are-moving-tax-day-from-april-15-to-july-15-2712582). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/003569fb-8c23-4d0f-a825-2282c44e7956).