Filing a tax extension: What you need to know [Video]

The money you owe is still due on tax day. If you can’t pay in full, you can do a payment plan.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Tax Day is Tuesday, April 18, 2023. It’s a little more than a month away and if you’re thinking there’s no way you’re going to make the deadline, maybe filing an extension with the IRS is in your future.

“An extension is an extension to file your taxes, not pay your taxes. It’s interesting, to file an extension you have to know what you’re going to owe, and what your taxes are going to be. You still have to pay that amount on that deadline day,” said John-Walsh DeGance, Jackson Hewitt.

If you owe taxes, you have two options, either pay in full or set up a payment plan with the IRS.

You can pay by direct deposit from your bank account, you can do it online, or by credit …